Hot for Hostage

by Maggie Evans

“I think I can pencil getting abducted for dinner into my schedule.”

chewed on my lower lip, but I wasn’t ready to let Bear go yet. “He’s had a rough day. He should stay with me tonight. Just to be safe.” Davian’s chuckle showed he saw right through my lame excuse to keep Bear with me, and he lowered his voice. “I’ve had a rough day, too.”

This girl wasn’t cut out for my life. She was too good for it. If I were a better man, I’d walk away right now. Lucky for me, I wasn’t.

I’d never thought I’d use a dog metaphor in my life, but I’d never thought I’d get so attached to a pint-sized baker with pink hair who’d taken me hostage, either.

“And we may not be meringue, but don’t let that fool you, because you are mine. The moment you pointed that gun at my chest, you became mine.