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My haven.
So why didn’t it feel like that anymore?
Tired, I trudged over to the counters and cleared away the mess I’d made. It didn’t take me long to load the dishwasher and clean up, just enough for Finn to come back.
“Jesus Christ, it’s cold out there,” he grumbled as he stripped off, loud enough for me to hear over the dishwasher.
Stepping into the hall, I greeted, “Louise was a bit much, wasn’t she?”
I almost winced at how bitchy that was, but Finn popped his head around the closet door. “You’re talking to me?”
I huffed. “Apparently.”
His brow furrowed as he closed the door behind him, stepping over to me as deliciously bare as he’d been earlier.
Which reminded me.
“Why are you armed?”
“I always am.”
“In bed?” I scoffed. “Who do you think can get to me here?”
“There are several active threats we’re dealing with right now,” he rasped. “But the gun has nothing to do with it.”
Wiping my hands on a dishcloth, I asked, “Why then?”
“Because I’m on edge. Because my woman is in danger. Because I want to kill anyone for even thinking about hurting her. Because I love you and need to make sure you’re safe.”
I tipped my chin up. “Okay.”
“Okay?” He frowned his confusion. “Really?”
Thinking about Louise, I said, “Yes. Okay.”
His consternation was clear, but he surprised me by asking, “Earlier, Jen said she shouldn’t have dropped her news on you… what news?”
I pursed my lips. “She’s dating. She told me she loved him.”
His brows rose, and he said, “Knew there was something different about her.”
“What?”
“She was happy.”
Now that he mentioned it, he was right. She had looked…content.
“Louise is always like that.”
It took a second to figure out what he was talking about. When it registered, I sputtered, “What?”
He shrugged. “You never noticed before?”
“No, of course not,” I sniped. I thought back to the last time I’d seen her with Finn, but it had to be last summer. “You’re not together that much, so I don’t think I’d have noticed.”
“No. I make sure of it.”
His wry remark put me on edge. “Does she make inappropriate comments?”
