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He said nothing, but she still wasn’t finished annoying him. “Did you?”
“What?”
“Go to the bathroom.”
“For what?”
He was messing with her. “Forget I asked.”
“I definitely will.”
“When do you think she’ll let us out?”
“When she’s good and ready.”
She caught the flicker of a smile. “Don’t you dare condone what she did.”
“I’m going to beat her within an inch of her life.”
Now she was the one with the raised eyebrow. “Of course you are.”
He smiled again. “You’ve got to admire her guts. She knows there’s going to be hell to pay when I get out, but that didn’t stop her.”
Nealy’s own smile faded. “She’s desperate. I hate thinking about what she’s feeling.”
“Life’s tough.”
He wasn’t nearly as coldhearted as he pretended to be. She watched as he began to pace the room, slowly at first but picking up steam.
“I’m going to break down the door.”
“Spoken like a man.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Men like battering things. Bombing things.”
“Your friends bomb things. My friends just cuss, kick the couch, then fall asleep
in front of the TV.” Once again he rattled the knob.
“Calm down. She’ll open the door in the morning.”
“I’m not spending the night closed up in here with you.”
“If you’re afraid I’ll attack, don’t worry,” she snapped. “You’re stronger than I am, so I’m sure you can defend yourself.”
“Come on, Nell. We haven’t been able to keep our hands off each other for days.”
She gave him a snooty look. “I haven’t had one bit of trouble keeping my hands off you.”
“That’s a bald-faced lie. You want me so bad you can’t stand it!”
“I was dallying with you, that’s all.”
“Dallying?”
“Amusing myself. Really, Mat, you didn’t believe I was serious, did you? The lies men tell themselves to protect their fragile egos.”
