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“Oh, really,” Tavy said with a grin.
“Yes, really.” I laughed. “He’s doing this favor for me. My mom is having this event soon and she’s trying to foist me onto a designated bachelor. Bones volunteered to be my date and I’m hoping it will help keep my mom at bay. She’s determined to see me married.”
“Hmm,” Tavy said. “Logan, hand me a beer, would you? Bones took the moonshine.”
“On it.” Logan lifted the lid of the cooler again and fished out an ice-cold beer, popped the tab, and handed it to her friend.
“Okay, so Bones was at your place for dinner wearing his nice shirt,” Logan said. “I’m still not sure why, though.”
“The event is a charity gala with a bunch of wealthy people…”
“Let me guess: etiquette lessons?” Logan asked.
“Yeah. I just want him to be prepared,” I said. “So he’s not a fish out of water.”
“He’ll be a fish out of water anyway,” Willa said. “It’ll be okay though. Bones has enough confidence not to care what other people think.”
I glanced in the direction of Bones who was laughing at something Smoke had said. His eyes caught mine and we shared a moment.
“Yeah, he’s got the confidence down. I just didn’t want him to walk into the lion’s den without at least a little bit of weaponry in his arsenal, you know? My mother’s circle can be…”
“Cold, cruel, snobby?” Tavy supplied helpfully.
“All of that and more,” I said. “When you’re an outsider, they don’t let you forget it?”
“That doesn’t sound fun,” Willa said.
“Definitely not,” I agreed. “But I promised my mother I’d be there for this event and for whatever reason, Bones agreed to go with me.”
Logan snorted.
Willa giggled. “She still doesn’t get it.”
“It seems that way,” Logan agreed.
“What don’t I get?” I demanded.
“That once a Tarnished Angel commits, he’s committed,” Logan said. “Smoke committed early and fast, even if I was a little slower to get with the program.”
“If you’re going to talk about you and my dad, then I’m leaving,” Tavy said lightly.
“I’m done,” Logan promised, taking a sip of her beer. “By the way, I never told Bones to bring you tea. That was all on him.”
“Then why did he tell me it was you?” I asked.
“You’ll have to ask him,” Logan said.
“I’ll do that. What were you saying about a Tarnished Angel being committed?” I asked.
“They move fast, when they’ve found the woman they want to be with,” Willa replied.
“That’s intense,” I muttered. “What am I supposed to do with that?”
Logan and Willa exchanged a look but didn’t say anything.
“So…did you guys do it on the dining room table?” Tavy asked.
“What? No.”
