Page 77 of Only Her (K2 Team)
“Cody would kill me if I did.”
She tried to focus on the man leaning over her. Oh, right. Ryan O’Connor. “You have really beautiful eyes, but I want Cody.”
“And you shall have him in a minute. I’m just going to give you a little something to combat the drugs in your system, okay?”
“No, no more. Weird stuff.” She pressed her lips together, turning her head away.
“You won’t have to swallow anything.”
She felt a prick in her arm, but euphoria still streamed through her body, and she didn’t really care.
“Riley. Look at me.”
“What? Told you I want Cody.”
“I’m here.” Cody slipped his fingers around hers. “Listen to Doc, okay?”
“Kay.”
The man with the beautiful green eyes smiled. “I just gave you a shot of Naloxone. It’s some amazing stuff. In a few minutes you should start to feel normal.”
“Kay.” She shifted her gaze back to Cody. “Now will you kiss me again?”
“Soon, darlin’. Soon.”
“He wasn’t real happy, was he?” Riley said as Detective Margolis made his exit. It was absolutely wonderful to be home—well, at Cody’s home as she no longer had one. Even that wasn’t going to get her down, at least not today. She’d been examined at the emergency room, and pronounced in good-enough condition to come home.
The first thing she’d done on arriving at Cody’s was to take a long, hot shower. When she’d walked into the living room—wearing a pullover sweater and a comfortable pair of lounge pants, her hair wet—three men had stood at her appearance, Cody, Logan Kincaid, and the detective. That had startled her as only Cody had been with her when they’d returned.
She hugged sweet Pelli against her neck. The kitten had been glued to her from the moment she’d walked in the door, had even sat outside the shower door crying for her to come out. Merlin perched on the sofa behind her head with his nose pressed into her hair, and Arthur was curled over her leg, staring up at her with worried eyes. Cody’s dogs sat near his feet, their alert gazes seeming to follow the conversation.
Her biggest relief was learning that one injection of heroin wasn’t likely to make her addicted to the stuff. She was tired, though, and she leaned her head onto Cody’s shoulder, wondering when Logan would leave.
Logan stood. “He’ll get over it, not to mention we handed him Decker on a silver platter, giving him the credit for tracking her down.”
The details were fuzzy in her mind, but after the team had secured Mrs.Decker, Cody had called Mike. Thirty minutes later he’d shown up at the house with Detective Margolis in tow. A heated conversation had ensued between Logan and the detective, and from what Riley could tell, the detective had come out on the losing end. No surprise there. Logan Kincaid made a formidable opponent. Everyone but Cody and Detective Margolis had left, and shortly after, two ambulances had arrived, one for her and one for Mrs.Decker.
“Let me get this straight. On the arrest report, Detective Margolis gets the credit for finding me?”
Logan nodded. “Officially, yes, but the police commissioner is aware of the circumstances.”
“Doesn’t seem fair. The police would probably still be looking for me, and I shudder to think of the condition I would have been in by the time they did find me. You guys are heroes.”
He smiled. “We’re just men doing what we do best. I expect to see you at Ryan and Charlie’s wedding, Dr.Austin.”
“Wouldn’t miss it.”
“Come here, darlin’,” Cody said, wrapping his arms around her after Logan left. “I need to hold you. Reassure myself you’re here and safe.”
She set Pelli next to Arthur and scooted onto Cody’s lap. “I know my mind’s still a little fuzzy, but I don’t think I ever got that kiss you promised me.”
“We’ll just have to correct that, won’t we?” His eyes locked on hers with an intensity she’d never seen in them before. “Do you remember what you said when you managed to call me?”
“I called you? When?” At the expression that flashed across his face, she knew her answer had disappointed him. “What did I say?”
“Doesn’t matter.”
Before she could protest that it must matter if he’d brought it up, his mouth covered hers, stealing any other thoughts in her head but how his lips felt pressed against hers. “Cody,” she whispered.
