Chapter 11

For goodness’ sake! She jumped to her feet. "Don’t you think this situation is bad enough without you trying to fly to the moon?"

He laughed! Charley couldn’t believe she was hearing it! "You have a quaint way of expressing yourself."

If the desk hadn’t been between them, she would have thrown herself at him in fury! "I am not marrying you!" she had to make do with shouting out.

‘Why not?’ Throwing himself into the chair behind the desk, he gave her a challenging look. "Is there something wrong with me?"

"Don’t ask me to make a list," Charley muttered, wrapping her arms around her body and glaring at him while her mind shot off in all directions trying to make sense of this mad situation. "You’ve got the eyes of a lion," she then heard herself murmur out of absolutely nowhere!

"Lions mark their territory and jealously protect their women, but they do not hunt," he responded lazily.

"Is that supposed to mean something?" Charley snapped, wishing she’d kept her silly mouth shut about his