“Becky, I’m at the gates and Rodrigo won’t let me through.”
“I’m sorry, who is this?”
“You know who this is,” I bit out, glancing over at Krista.
She was eyeing me like I was crazy, like I had made up all of this. That was the last fucking thing I needed.
“I’m sorry, but I really don’t know?—”
“It’s Rob. Now open the fucking gates!”
“Sir, you need to leave the property.”
“Fuck this,” I growled, hanging up. I shifted into reverse and hit the gas, the tires squealing as I burned rubber.
“Rob, what’s going on?” Krista shouted, holding out her hands as I suddenly slammed on the brakes.
“They wanna play? I can play.” I shifted into park and hit the gas, revving the engine.
Rodrigo stood at the gate, his eyes wide as I threatened to smash through the metal bars and take the whole place down.
“Open the fucking gates!” I shouted out the window.
“Rob, stop this! It’s insane!”
“You haven’t even seen insane,” I muttered.
When the gates still didn’t open, I shifted into drive and hit the gas. The tires slipped before gaining traction, and then we were flying at the gates.
“Rob! Stop! Stop!”
I was getting close, almost to the point of no return. I was serious. I would tear the fucking gates down if they didn’t let me in.
Rodrigo hit the button for the gate and dove out of the way. They swung open much faster than they normally did, and I zoomed through, spinning the wheel and stopping just short of running over my boss.
We both jerked forward as we came to a stop, and I got the distinct feeling that Krista wasn’t very happy with me.
“What the hell was that?” she whispered.
I shifted into park and flung the door open, glaring at Cap. “Seriously? You locked me out?”
“You’ve been gone so long. I didn’t recognize the name.”
“Not funny. You’re making me look bad in front of my wife.”
He bent over, peering through the windshield. With a grin, he waved to her.
“She looks fine to me. Besides, nothing’s going on around here. I had to do something for fun.”
“You’d better be careful, Cap. You’re starting to sound like Maggie.”
I walked around to Krista’s door and opened it for her, taking her hand to help her out. Sliding my arm around her waist, I walked her over to Cap, hoping he would be on his best behavior.
“Cap, this is Krista.”
Cap tipped his head at her, grinning widely. “You know, we were wondering when Rob would finally find a woman who could put up with him.”
She shot a nervous look at me. “He just tried to drive through your gates. I’m not sure that’s a great example of me handling him.”