Chapter 23. Cover Up

What was it with men and picking me up? I was short yes but did it mean that they could all manhandle me? And I didn’t want Baron picking me up; it just set a bad precedent, I thought angrily and started squirming in his arms.

Yeah, you weren’t really that angry at Damien were you? My mind shot back instantly. Admit it, you really liked him picking you up, you’d be happily inhaling him if he was the one who had you in his arms now.

I ignored the voice in my head, “Put me down Baron!” I said as forcefully as I could.

“Sheesh, don’t squirm Seline, you’ll fall down and hurt yourself. I’m only taking you to the bedroom so you can lie down and then I’ll dress your wound for you.”

“I don’t want to go to the bedroom!” I insisted when we had arrived at the doorway of the bedroom, and Baron just turned back the way we’d came.

Great.

Maria laughed at my predicame