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man, her arms pushed and flailed like a normal woman. He took over so easily. Too damn easily.
    "Stop acting like one.” Joshua was right in her face. Any closer he could kiss her. Not that he would since her lip was busted, but he could.
    "I'm not.” Evelyn huffed and crossed her arms, just like a child would. Damn if he didn't irritate her. And now, those green eyes burned through her and made her feel childish; hell, she was being childish.
    "What do you want to eat, Wonder Woman? And please, don't ask for your weapon again. You can have it when you leave, or when I trust you. Whichever comes first.” Joshua lifted up and crossed his own arms.
    Looking down at Evelyn he knew that her life had been hard. That she somehow intimidated men who knew her. And probably shocked the hell out of men who didn't, but he was more intrigued. Curiosity came with being a cop. She had a lot of secrets. He wanted to know them all.
    "I'll leave then.” It was more of a pout than a statement, shocking to her ears. Not getting her way was new. She didn't like it.
    "Not in my underwear you're not.” Joshua went back to the kitchen and waited.
    "I'll have whatever you're having.” Evelyn still sat cross armed in the recliner, steadily losing control. “I don't want to leave hungry."
    Joshua knew damn good and well she wasn't going anywhere. Grace said this was her safe house. Evelyn never put a return address on the postcards, never put Grace's name as a recipient. She was careful that no one knew about this place. Good thing he liked some of them, always quirky, or a picture of a place he may want to visit. He saved a few. That would be useful now. He wished he had saved them all. Maybe he could track her by the location and postage dates. He scrambled eggs and fried bacon in silence. Evelyn stewed in her temper tantrum.
    Think. Damn it. Evelyn had no place else to go. Her pride was strong, and her ego was bigger than Joshua, but both had been shut down or at least set down in this recliner. Men who knew her knew she was lethal. Men who didn't know her learned that quickly. But Joshua seemed unfazed, and unafraid. This was new. After a life of hating men, she never had to live with one, not like this. The Marines were easy. Once she proved she could handle her own, she was one of the guys, and that was that. Her stomach growled.
    "God, that smells good.” Evelyn wasn't aware of how hungry she was until the aroma filled the air. She hadn't eaten in two days, aside from energy bars. Tracking down her sister had taken years. They told her Noel was dead, but something inside her said otherwise. When she arrived at the dive they called a bar, no one was there to meet her. The rain was heavy, and instead of a contact she found Nikolai. How he knew she'd be there was a mystery. Why he turned on her, she didn't know that yet either.
    "Do you want to eat in here or out there?” Joshua was satisfied she was talking. He didn't want to keep thinking of all the things that could go wrong with her here. Like touching her, she looked him over constantly, he was aware. It was unnerving. It had been over two years. He just stopped after Candace. He had trusted her. She betrayed him. Now he wanted to find a nice woman and make a family. The problem was he wasn't interested in any woman he had met so far. Evelyn, she was all wrong, but had his attention.
    "Do you mind if I eat in here?” She knew he would carry her to the kitchen and didn't want him to carry her anymore. “Oh and can I get some more ice?"
    "Anything else?” Joshua said it with a sarcastic tone.
    "Coke if you have any.” Evelyn thought about it for a second. He didn't know her, and she was asking for coke. They called it soda around here last she knew. “As in soda, not drugs."
    "Well since you put it that way. I mean I'm stocked with narcotics; the kids love em.” Joshua set the plate of breakfast on a tray and took it to her. His mind was twisting with the insult. Did he look like