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“Sorry, dude.”
“Maybe I should skip Thanksgiving this year.”
“No way,” said Razor, surprising him with his tone of voice.
“It isn’t a problem. I’m not big on holidays anyway.”
“No, and that’s final.”
“What the hell?”
“You’re not spending Thanksgiving alone, Ellis.”
“Not a big deal.”
“It is to me. I’ll feel like shit, and if I feel like shit, Avarie will too, and if she feels like shit, everyone else here will know it.”
“I don’t want to cause trouble.”
“Don’t let Tara crawl into your bed, and there won’t be any.”
“Jesus. Seriously?”
“Yep, that’s what they were talking about when Stuart and I left the room.”
No wonder Aine looked so tense when he walked in. Was her friend really that insensitive? Didn’t women have some kind of code about not hooking up with someone’s ex-boyfriend? He looked over at the doorway and saw Aine standing in the hallway.
“I’m sorry to interrupt, but is Stuart down here?”
“Nope, he went back upstairs a minute ago,” Razor answered.
“Oh. I didn’t see him.”
“Are you okay?” Striker asked.
“Yeah…um…can I talk to you for a minute?”
Striker nodded. “What’s up?” he asked, leading her into the workout room and closing the office door behind them.
“I’m really sorry,” she said.
“For?”
“What happened when you came in. We were…”
“I know. Razor told me what you were talking about.”
“Like I said, I’m so sorry.”
Striker wanted to put his arms around her, pull her into him, and tell her she had no reason to be sorry, but that would only perpetuate the tension that remained between them.
If only he could talk Razor into working in Harmony rather than here, but each time he brought it up, his teammate had refused, saying that the equipment they had here was far superior to what was in the other house. Striker wasn’t sure if it was far superior enough to offset the drama he was causing by being here.
He put both hands on Aine’s shoulders. “I need you to be honest with me about something.”
She nodded.
“Would you like me to leave?”
