Page 343 of Ruthless Court

Then grin.

Kane remains standing near the doorway.

Holding both my bags.

His mouth is slightly open.

I smile sweetly.

“Oh, yeah. You can put my bags away for me, honey.”

Dead silence.

Then—

“YO.”

Jalen slaps the floor.

“She called him honey.”

Noah looks like he might fall off the couch.

“Bro.”

Eli points at Kane.

“Your face.”

Kane’s ears are turning red.

Actually red.

I bite the inside of my cheek.

He stares at me for several seconds.

Then nods.

“Yeah.”

He lifts my bag higher.

“I kind of like it, Snookums.”

“No.”

Laughter explodes.

“Absolutely not.”

I throw another Twizzler.

Kane catches this one.

“Snookums stays.”

“No, it does not.”