Allison's POV

He looked sharply in my direction as I rose to my feet. “There you are, darling.” He announced, chuckling brightly, and spreading his arms in the air.

I refused to mind the triumphant, taunting grin on his face or the chuckle that filled his lips, and I walked from the workbench to him. I shut my eyes tight and tried not to let the grin and chuckle on his face get to me.

“Whew,” he made an exaggerated show of sighing, his lips pouting as he whistled his sigh. “That ...