Smart ass Ray had been planning to be but he snapped his mouth shut when Asher shot him down. Why did he had to make this so difficult? Couldn't he see that Ray was trying here? Kidnapping aside, it wasn't all bad.

"Don't look at me like that." He folded his arms across his chest defensively. "I'm not crazy." Maybe Asher would like him more if he were. The evidence definitely supported that theory. "I could've gagged you and tied you up but did I? No."