#Chapter 06 He's mesmerizing

“So what if I am?” Barnett asked.

I yelped as Barnett’s other arm wrapped under my knees and Barnett lifted me in his arms as easily as a rag doll. I had no choice but to put my arms around his neck and lean in close to his chest to maintain my balance.

“Why don’t you take her bags to her new apartment?” Barnett said to Lily. “We’ll follow behind you.”

“Sure thing.”

Lily grinned like a schoolgirl holding in excited laughter. I wanted to stick my tongue out at her, but that would have ruined the front we were putting up for Bob—whatever that was exactly.

Barnett glared at Bob. “Don’t follow us.”

We left a stammering Bob behind as Lily climbed into her Lamborghini and Barnett carried me to his Rolls Royce. How could he handle me so effortlessly? I weighed at least 200 pounds!

“I am so sorry about all that,” I said once we were out of Bob’s hearing range.

“Think nothing of it. Anything to give a jackass like him what he deserves.”

“Well, you really know how to sweep a girl off her feet.”