In Bed with the Badge by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella [Unknown]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-01-15T16:00:00+00:00

“A date?” he echoed.

The moment the word was out, something distant and vague inside his head began to entertain the notion. When they were attending the academy together, he and Riley had gone out a number of times, but there had always been other rookies around. It had never been a one-on-one scenario.

“Yeah, a date.” Her amusement increased. The thought of dating her had obviously thrown him. “If we ever are, then I’ll let you pay,” she promised.

He merely nodded, struggling to place everything, including the myriad sensations swirling around inside him, into proper perspective. His thoughts, mostly unfocused, couldn’t stop racing through his head. “Look, about tomorrow—”

“You take Lisa to school, introduce yourself as her dad to her teacher. Go through the motions of being normal—if you can. I’ll cover for you with Barker, though I’m not looking forward to that,” she had to admit.

She couldn’t decide whether Barker was a good guy who just liked to growl, or an idiot who threw his weight around. But she supposed it was still early in the game for final opinions.

“We can trade,” Wyatt offered, picking up a slice of pizza and putting it on a paper plate. “You take Lisa to school tomorrow and I’ll cover for you with the lieutenant.”

She shook her head. “Not going to happen. You need to build a relationship with your daughter and I need to show Barker that he doesn’t scare me.” Hopefully, the lieutenant respected people who didn’t cave and wouldn’t view them as a threat to his authority.

“He’ll be sorry to hear that,” Sam said with a quiet laugh. “He likes putting the fear of God into all his people.”

“God, maybe,” she allowed. “Him? No,” she said as she watched Sam take a healthy bite of the pizza. “By the way, I looked through every cupboard, but all I found were paper plates.”

He took another bite before answering. “That’s because that’s what I have. This way, when I’m finished, I can just throw them out. I’m not a big fan of having the dishes pile up in the sink.”

“Then don’t let them pile up in the sink,” she told him simply. “You need plates, Wyatt. You have a daughter, you need plates.” Since he eyed her skeptically, Riley added, “Kids need a sense of stability.”

He wouldn’t argue with that, just with her reasoning, which seemed a little off to him. “And having plates’ll do this?”

“For openers,” she said confidently. “Paper plates are transient, real plates aren’t. They say ‘we’re staying put.’” She smiled at him. “I’ll give you more tips as we go along.”

Granted, she was a female, but that didn’t immediately make her more qualified than he was at this. “You have any kids?”

“No.” She knew where this was headed—or thought she did. “I’ve never been married.”

“You don’t need to be married to have a kid,” he reminded her. “I seem to be living proof of that. But if you don’t have any, what makes you think you’re such an expert?”

She didn’t know if he was challenging her, or just curious.

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