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Wincing, I watch as Karma steps into the hall with her phone to her ear.
She looks me over suspiciously. “Yeah, just the usual order for one, please. Bye.”
I raise an eyebrow at her. “You were speaking to a delivery guy?”
“Are you trying to tell me I need to lose weight?” she asks, narrowing her eyes.
“Uh, no. I wasn’t saying that, at all.”
“What are you doing here anyway?” she asks. “Scarlett’s out of town.”
Great. She knows I’m Sapphire.
“She’s letting me use her car while she’s gone.”
“Hm,” she murmurs, before she glances at Rueben. “Don’t I know you?”
He snorts, and then clears his throat. “Uh, no. I don’t think so.”
“You look familiar … No. I’m thinking of someone else.” She looks back at me, crossing her arms. “I wouldn’t trust a Mick as far as you can throw him. Did you find Scarlett’s car keys yet?”
“He’s part Scots, actually,” I tell her. “And I’ve got them.”
“Okay, good. I’ll see you later, Saffron. I’ve got things to do.” She flicks her hand our way as if I’m a nuisance she’s trying to shoo away.
I step around her, taking Rueben’s hand as I go.
We leave the house and I let out a sigh.
“I think you should cancel that order,” I tell him.
“Just what I was thinking. It’s a good job I recognized the voice of the guy from the pizza place.”
He gets out his phone and dials a number.
I raise an eyebrow at him.
“Hello? Yes, I’d like to cancel a food order I just placed.”
I put a hand over my mouth as I start to laugh.
He gives the name and address and cancels Karma’s dinner order.
He shoots me a grin after. “You know I’d never hear the end of it if I cancelled those shoes. But this one can be our little secret. It’s only a mild inconvenience.”
“Agreed,” I tell him, more than happy to go along with it.
Oh, we are so much less perfect than Bishop and Scout.
Chapter eighty-eight
Bishop
Gus comes into the kitchen while I’m prepping dinner, and while Scout is out back trying to burn off some energy with a basketball. It’s been almost five hours since Sapphire and Rueben left the house, and considering how quickly our mate forgave Rueben, I can guess what they’re up to over there.
“Where’s Sapphire?” Gus asks, going from half-awake to completely alert in the two seconds it takes him to realize our mate isn’t in the room with me.
“She’s next door with Rueben.”
