Page 68 of Wild Justice

“Shiatsu? I’m in. It won’t break me. I’m stronger than this chair.”

“I’ve seen lesser men fall but go ahead.”

Kai carefully sat down in the chair and picked up the remote from the side table. He pressed a few buttons and then let out a long sigh, his eyes closing in pure bliss.

Yep, I’ve lost him to a chair.

“Can you imagine sitting in this after a long day of work, especially when it’s cold outside?” he asked, his eyes still closed.

“Yes, that’s why I bought it. How’s the shiatsu going?”

“It’s heaven. Damn, I may have to get one of these.”

“I can tell you where to order it.”

“That sounds great. In the meantime, I might just sit here and wait for it to be delivered.”

“Kai, there’s work to be done,” she reminded him. “And you said that you were stronger than the chair, remember?”

“I was wrong.”

“Kai, I’m the sheriff of this town, and I’m packing heat. Don’t make me use it to get you out of my chair.”

That made him open his eyes, but they were alight with mischief.

“You’d shoot me over a chair?”

“I’m very tempted. And I don’t think there’s a jury in the world that would convict me. Not once they sit in that chair.”

“I do believe you’re right about that.” He levered up with a loud moan. “But I am getting one of those. Shit, I didn’t even know real people actually had them. I thought they were just something you saw at the mall.”

“Real people do,” she confirmed. “Now are we going to get to work? Eventually, I need to check into the office and see what’s going on with that warrant.”

“They’re going this morning?”

“They are. Steve said he’d call if they turned up anything.”

Kai levered up from the chair and then gave it a gentle pat.

“It’s not you. I have to go help build furniture.”

“Are you afraid of hurting the chair’s feelings? I think it will be okay.”

“I just don’t want it to get a complex. It’s nothing personal.”

“You’re beginning to make me think I shouldn’t have let you sit in it.”

Lulu loved how goofy they could be with one another. She adored a man who could make her laugh and didn’t take himself too seriously.

He’s talking to a recliner. He definitely doesn’t take himself too seriously.

“You probably shouldn’t have,” Kai agreed easily. “But that genie is out of the bottle. And I’m going to need the store so I can order one as soon as possible. Now let’s put those beds together. I brought my toolbox.”

Hmmmm…if her bed was as comfortable as the chair would Kai never want to leave it?

The kitchen tablewas put together first, and it went together quickly and smoothly.

The bed in the spare room had been a bit trickier, but it wasn’t too difficult. Kai hadn’t read the instructions for the table, but he had for the bed. There had to have been a million different parts in that box, and he’d had a terrible feeling that a part might have been left out. Luckily, he’d been wrong, and all the parts and pieces were accounted for. There had been some extra screws, but he wasn’t worried about those.

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