Page 64 of Daddy's Wild Girl

This wasn’t good. Especially since they were both frowning.

Well, Hayes was always frowning. That was just who he was. But when Corbin frowned . . . yeah, she was really in trouble.

Then Corbin went straight to level four and crossed his arms over his wide chest.

Double uh-oh.

She drew off her goggles. Ahh, that was better. They were smudged with dirt and dust.

She plastered a wide smile on her face and took a step back. “Good morning. I didn’t know you guys were up yet.”

“Well, if we weren’t, we soon would have been when the house caved in on us,” Hayes grumbled.

She frowned. “What are you talking about? The house wasn’t going to cave in.”

Hayes glared at her, then at Corbin. “You explain it.” Turning, he walked off.

With her sledgehammer.

“Hey! I need that!” she told him.

“No, you’re don’t,” he replied.

“Where are you taking it?”

“Outside.”

“Why?” she asked, puzzled.

“To hide it.”

Her mouth dropped open as she heard the front door shut.

“Hey! He can’t do that! It’s my only sledgehammer!” She tried to get past Corbin, but he put out an arm to stop her. She froze as she felt his arm brush her stomach.

Oh heck.

Why did her body react every time he touched her?

Oh hell, even got close to her?

It was infuriating that she couldn’t just ignore him or walk past him.

That she wanted to lean into him.

“Let me go,” she said in a hoarse voice.

Crap.

“No. You and I need a chat.”

“I need my sledgehammer. I’m in a time crunch. I need to get that wall down today and the mess hauled out. It’s going to be dusty and messy, and I can’t make too much noise once the neighbors are back from work. I can’t believe that Hayes took my sledgehammer! I love that sledgehammer.” She bounced up and down on her toes, needing to move.

“What you need to do is pause and take a breath for me,” he said in a low, commanding voice.

What?

“Look at me, Bebe.”

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