He stopped, struck at the core by that implication. “If I had known it was you, I would’ve gone back into the club for my gun.”
Protecting her was the first goal he’d ever set himself.
“That’s because you love me.”
Her smile begat his. As much as she was teasing, trying to win him over, her declaration just might be true. “How much money do you need?”
“No,” she said, losing her smile and shaking her head.
The bag slung over her body shifted. She pushed it away from her hip to rest it on her back. It was then he noticed she was carrying another bag over her shoulder. Two bags might not be much, but he took the larger of the two from across her body and lengthened the strap to fling it over his own torso.
“No?” he asked.
“I will only let you give me money if I earn it. You know how I
