Chapter 28: Mate's Appeal

“What the hell were you thinking? I know that was you in the woods last night, so don’t even deny it. Were you standing guard or something? Protecting the poor weak female?” Eve stood on Arlin’s front porch, doing her best to ignore how sexy he looked standing there in his doorway clad only in his gray pajama pants. Lust was not something she needed to feel right now, wanting to hang on to her anger just a while longer. She’d think about how much she wanted to jump his chivalric bones later. “What? You just randomly go around cleaning up people’s cabins? Sticking your nose in where it doesn’t belong? Why are you always around anyway?”