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She rolled her eyes. “You could always ask Rachel her thoughts on marriage.”
“She’s something.”
“Don’t judge her too harshly. Rachel has always been the cloud to my sun. That’s what our parents used to say, anyway. Even when we were little girls, she was the grumpy one, and I was the little ball of sunshine.”
“That’s actually not a bad way to describe you, you know.”
Kaia was stunning in the flowing blue dress. It dipped around her breasts, and he was sure that someone had called it a sweetheart neckline before. He was a bit nervous about bringing her around the dragons when there was so much fighting going on. Surely, she would see and hear things that weren’t too pleasant.
But her presence made it bearable for him.
“Thanks for coming with me.”
“Thanks for inviting me, I guess. You needed a buffer?”
He winced. “No. That’s not why I asked you. I wanted you to come because I want to spend time with you, but all my time is being eaten up by these activities and then teaching two grown men not to fight.” He rolled his eyes. “I don’t know why my dad wanted to prolong the trip. At least there is a silver lining there.”
“Is there?” she asked.
“I get time to chat with you. Why were you upset with me yesterday?”
She narrowed her eyes at him. “Come on, you know why.”
“No. I don’t.”
“You said something like you didn’t want to stay here longer than you need to.” She kept her voice low.
He stepped forward and cupped her cheek. “I meant stuck with these idiots. Not with you. You’re a good silver lining, Kaia, but what is happening here is hard to deal with. It doesn’t help that it’s happening in public for everyone to see.”
“Says the man who beat up a demon.”
“I didn’t beat him up. I only sprayed him with a bit of fire. He’s fine.”
“His body is fine, but I’m not so sure about his ego. Have you seen him around?”
“No,” Grey answered. “Have you? He better not have been rude.”
“Calm down, dragon. I haven’t seen him again.”
“Good.”
“You took that very seriously,” she pointed out.
“It’s happened a few times over my career that a demon gave me shit for being a human. It’s caused some tension with certain kinds of demons. I don’t like it when people are rude. Not about what kind of creature we are.”
She nodded. “Ian was hoping you did it to impress me.”
“That was a silver lining. There are a lot of those when you’re around.”
Her breath caught, and for a second, he thought she was going to chew him out for being so cheesy. She didn’t. She smiled softly. “That’s actually a really sweet thing to say. Thanks, Grey.”
“Sure. You wanna get out of here?” he asked.
Kaia looked around. “These drinks are mandatory. We can’t leave.”
We.
She would stay, then. That was something, at least, given that. Richard and Jorge were shouting at each other, and the event had only just started.
