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“She has.” I smirked. “Enjoy the show?”
“I was only looking out for you.” She collapsed onto the couch. "Had to make sure you didn’t get abducted by a Darling Devil.”
“He wasn’t going to abduct me. He brought me my car.”
She shrugged as if that did little to convince her. “Reed doesn’t seem nearly so scary when he’s smiling,” she commented. “And he smiles a lot when you’re around…”
My eyes narrowed on her. “He’s just playing the part of my fake boyfriend.”
“And those pining looks were just him playing the part too?”
“There were no pining looks!”
“There were so pining looks. Reed is totally hot for you.”
“He’s not even lukewarm for me.”
“He’s a boiling kettle about to start whistling.”
Now she was just being ridiculous.
“Hey, Violet,” Uncle Luke called from the hallway. “Is that your car out on the street?”
“Yep,” I called back. “She’s all fixed.”
Luke appeared in the doorway, a familiar look of suspicion etched on his face. "I was supposed to come with you to pay the invoice.”
“I told you I had it covered,” I replied. He’d insisted on helping out, but I’d constantly refused. Apparently, the decision about who was paying for the repairs had been made for us. But there was no way I could tell Luke that without him worrying why my repairs were free.
“How did it get here?” he questioned, folding his arms across his chest.
I glanced at Mia, unsure how to answer. She simply grimaced and averted her eyes, like she didn’t want to get involved.
“Uh…” I paused, giving myself one more chance to come up with a believable story. But there was no point in lying to Luke. He’d find out eventually. “Reed dropped it off.”
“Reed Darling was here?”
“Well, he was outside. He just dropped off the car and left. All part of the service, I guess.”
“All part of the service, huh?” Luke repeated my answer, almost too himself. “You sure there’s nothing else I need to know?”
“Nope.” I smiled sweetly.
He didn’t look convinced, but he eventually nodded. “Okay, well, I’m glad you got your car back.” He studied me and Mia for a few seconds longer before he gave up and left the room.
As soon as he was gone, I released a loud breath, and Mia fell into fits of hushed laughter.
“Oh my god,” she gasped. “I don’t even want to know how much my dad would freak out if he knew you were dating Reed Darling.”
“We’re not really dating,” I hissed at her. “And keep your voice down.”
“You know what I mean.”
I relaxed back on the couch and stared up at the ceiling. “With the way gossip spreads at our school, he’s probably already heard something.”
“He can’t have heard,” Mia said. “If he had, you’d be locked in your room right now, and he’d be escorting you to and from school. That’s what he’d do if he found out I was dating one of the Darling Devils.”
“I guess it’s different with me.” I shrugged. “I’m just his niece.”
