Page 39 of Broken Daddy
Wow.
Was he . . . was he trying to warm her up?
Well. It had worked. Her body was so hot that she felt herself flush. His scent swamped her, making her feel light-headed.
But she couldn’t take his shirt. She reached up to grab it, to pull it off her and hand it back but he put his hand on hers.
“Leave it.”
“But . . . you’ll get cold.”
He just stared at her.
“Something going on between the two of you?” Jerry asked abruptly, completely ruining the moment.
What a dick.
“Nope,” Hayes replied, not saying anything more.
Devi wasn’t sure she could talk, so she just stayed silent.
Jerry grunted. “My officers said that they’ve got your attacker secured. You caught him.” He turned to Hayes.
“Yep. Chased him down, caught him in a dead-end alleyway. Had two other people from the bar with me.”
“They said he was a bit beaten up,” Jerry said.
She winced. This was when Hayes got into trouble. How could she protect him?
“Was he? Must have happened before I found him. Like I said, I have witnesses.”
Jerry just grunted and she let out a small breath in relief.
“And you’ve never seen this guy before, Devi? Not an old drinking friend of your father’s or anything?”
Why was he asking her that?
“I’ve never seen him before.”
“Pretty sure they’re all from Chicago,” Hayes said.
“And how did you know that Devi was in trouble?” Jerry asked.
“Noticed she’d been gone a while. I went to check on her and the back door was open. That’s when I heard a scream and I yelled out to Mac and ran through the alley.”
He’d gone looking for her? Why would he do that?
Her head ached as Jerry asked a few more questions.
“Do you need anything else?” Hayes asked. “Devi is exhausted. She needs to go home.”
How did he know that?
Crap. Did she look that bad? She had to, right?
“No, that’s it for the moment.” Jerry stood and Hayes stood with him. Jerry stepped up to the door and then turned back to her. “I’ll go and check in with my officers. Devi, I’ll need you to come in and sign a statement. But we can do that tomorrow. Get some rest.”
That was kind of nice? At least he wasn’t making her feel like an idiot anymore.
