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He has a bed and a potty, and food and water bowls I’m about to refill.
He stands at those bowls and miaows up at me.
I take another can of kitten food out of the loaded bag I’ve got sitting next to the cage. I open it and drop the contents into his dish. Then I grab a bottled water from the mini fridge next to my bed to refill his other dish.
“Okay, Probie. Be a good boy while I’m getting washed and dressed.”
I leave him eating his breakfast as I get back to my feet.
“Rueben,” Bishop calls out from the hall.
I go to my door and peer out. “What’s up?”
“I think we should give Scarlett a little space for a while. She seems a bit … I don’t know.”
“Different?” I ask, raising an eyebrow. “Nicer? More willing to listen?”
He laughs. “I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but until we figure out what’s going on we shouldn’t push too hard.”
“It’s not like we were intending to just strip naked and propose a marking,” I remind him.
“You know what I mean. If something’s upset her, we don’t want to make it worse.”
“You think something bad must have happened?”
Man, that’s depressing. The only reason our true mate is opening up to us is because someone else made her feel vulnerable? Show me that someone else, because he needs a foot up his ass.
“I don’t know. It’s just a feeling.”
“An instinct, you mean?”
“Maybe. I don’t know.”
“Okay. I’ll be up here getting dressed and stuff.”
And trying to be patient, I guess. We’ve waited a few years so far. I suppose we can afford our mate a little more time if she’s hurting over something.
That won’t kill us. Even if it feels like it might.
Chapter eighteen
Sapphire
The kitchen is already super clean, which really doesn’t take much looking around to discover. It’s so damn strange. For one thing, they’re guys and I’ve never met a guy who was this good at cleaning. For another, I don’t understand why this was the wager they placed with Scarlett.
Why would these guys make this bet with my sister when a cleaner is the last thing they need?
It’s weird and confusing, until I think about the way that tall, blond looked at me (her) and the answer suddenly seems so damn simple.
Oh, wait, right. They’re crushing on her, and they think this is the way to her heart.
Well, maybe not that exactly, but they wanted her attention at least.
I know that can be hard to capture. Scarlett’s always on the move.
She’s got so many projects going on.
They probably thought this would be the one way to make sure they got a bit of her time.
