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Now I’m the one jerking my head.I arch a brow.“Good?”
“Yes, Luc.I like that she’s got a friend like you.You’ve got a good head on your shoulders, and if there’s anyone I can trust to look after my baby girl, it’s you.”
“It’s not like that,” I blurt out, still defensive after copping it from the guys earlier.“It’s not,” I repeat, more emphatically this time.
“Okay ...I wasn’t insinuating that it was, Luc.I was simply stating facts.I know you two are just friends.”
I huff out a sigh.“Good.I wouldn’t do that to you, Cap.”
He nods but doesn’t elaborate, which is almost as frustrating as himnotinsinuating anything and me having to yet again defend my strictly platonic friendship with London.What’s with people thinking men and women can’t just be friends anymore?
“Luca, I wouldn’t have you on my crew and want to promote you if I didn’t think you were one of the best men I know.Maybe you’ll rub off on my daughter.”
A spluttered disbelieving laugh escapes me.My eyes feel like they’ve jumped out of my head and rolled down onto the floor.
Then his words sink in, and Cap’s mouth drops open before slamming shut again.“Fuck.Not likethat.For God’s sake, she’s my daughter, Luc.”
I snort, fighting and failing to keep it together at the horrified look on my boss’s face.
“Go,” he says, shaking his head at me.“And say hello to my daughter for me.We’re like passing ships in the night most of the time.”
“Yes, sir,” I say as I move toward the office door.
“And do think about the lieutenant’s test.Talk it over with your brothers, your parents, Rhodes ...Just at least give yourself and me the respect of considering it, OK?”
I look back over my shoulder and shoot him a salute.“Sure thing, Cap.”
And I do think about it.At least until I take the ten-minute drive to my favorite breakfast spot and spot my best girl sitting in our corner booth, waiting for me.
