“I can’t.”
Exactly his thoughts. He gave the vet a triumphant look. The other man just looked patiently at Jenna and waited. Jenna bit her lip, looked at Daisy then back at Colin. “You really think I’m the best person to take her in? I work all day. Won’t she be lonely?”
“She’s a pretty easygoing dog. She’s well-trained, and if you exercise her a lot, I think she’ll be okay. You could pay someone to walk her. I’m also certain you could arrange something with Doc so you could take her to the clinic. I could take her out to the ranch, but she definitely doesn’t react to me like she does you.”
Jenna bit her lip a little longer then stared over at Curt. “I might need to go back to Dallas for a bit. Some family stuff is going on.”
“She can come with us,” Curt told her in a gruff voice. Clearly, she wanted the dog. Damn dog was going to take up most of the backseat. Although the look on Travis’s face when he told him the dog was going to ride in his brand-new truck with its leather upholstery would be worth it.
Her eyes lit up. She smiled at him like she’d won the lottery.
It was also worth it to see her face.
Colin opened the pen. “Come on, Daisy girl, looks like you’ve got a new home.”
Daisy shocked them all by bounding out of the space and bowling into Jenna, who would have gone flying if Curt hadn’t caught her.
“I thought you said she was well-trained,” he snapped at the vet.
“She is,” Colin said, looking surprised. “She never once jumped on Mrs. Childs.”
They both looked over as Jenna giggled; Daisy was licking her hands. “It’s okay, I think she’s just excited, aren’t you, Daisy girl?” She ruffled her fur. “We’re going to have so much fun together, aren’t we?”
He’d now hit a new low; he was jealous of a damn dog.
Chapter Thirteen
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“You’re not going.”
“Yes. I am.”
“It’s a bar filled with people. I can’t protect you properly there.”
“Curt, you’re overreacting. I know you take this whole bodyguard thing seriously, but I’m not in any danger.”
“You’ve received death threats!” he yelled. And each one filled him with mindless fury. He couldn’t stand that he had no way of stopping these people from hurting her.
“It’s Mel’s birthday. I said I’d go. I want to go. I’m going. With or without you.”
He ground his teeth together.
“Does anyone else think this feels like déjà vu?” Travis asked, looking up from his laptop as he sat on the sofa.
Curt just growled at him.
“Curt, it will be fine. You can come if you like.”
“Like you’d be allowed to go without me.”
She rolled her eyes at him. His palm itched with the need to pull her over his lap, tug up that ridiculously short skirt she was wearing, pull down the panties she wouldn’t be allowed to wear once she was his, and paddle her ass.
She was in sore need of discipline.
“And what about Daisy?” he asked, pointing at the dog, who sat on her bed in the corner, chewing on a new toy Jenna had bought for the mutt. As if sensing the attention on her, she looked up and gave a doggy smile.
“Daisy will be fine, it’s just a few hours. We’re going.”