Chapter 386: I'm Not the One We're Here to Protect

Georgia's POV:

When he's finally asleep I can relax. When he isn't intentionally trying to get on my nerves, he's being confusingly sweet.

Where has my bossy pain in the arse DCI gone?

I can't wait for this d*mn case to be over with, so that we can go back to how things were before, when he wasn't insisting on holding my hand and kissing my forehead.

He'd still be calling me a Bint and I'd still want to kill him but at least we'd have a clear line to follow. We wouldn't be blurring the boundaries and confusing the crap out of me. I'm counting down the seconds until that undetermined moment when my life can go back to bloody normal.

My eyes struggle to stay open but if there's one thing my dad taught me, it's not to fall asleep on the job. Instead, I get to my feet, extracting my hand from his.

"Where are you going?" he asks me.

"D*mn it." I curse. "I just want to stretch my legs. Anyone would think I was being held hostage..."

"No. Just trying to keep you safe."