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Okay, she’d probably give them to hungry children because she was nice like that.
But for a random guy, even a scorching hot one who could navigate orgasms and firefights and had a delicious ass?
Never.
Except…for Lex.
Smothering a grin, Raven rounded the corner of the counter, spied her cell next to the register, and snagged it.
Because, for one, she definitely needed to text Connor to make some plans that involved physics and walls and centers of gravity.
For another, she needed to do some social media spying on one Lex Blackwell.
Third? She had some gossip that needed to be reported to the group chat.
However, as she went to unlock her screen, her cell rang.
She swiped, put it up to her ear. “Hello?”
“You selfish little bitch.”
Her mom’s voice hit her like a ton of bricks, so abrupt and intense that she didn’t react at first.
“I amyour motherand you—”
She hung up.
Tapped that the screen, blocking the new number her mom had called from.
Classic.
Borrowing a phone or getting a new prepaid because she hadn’t kept up with her bills.
Also known as, another way to fuck with her daughter.
Cool.
Fun.
“Who was that?”
Raven pocketed her phone—text messages could happen later—and normally, she would have put Frankie off, would have changed the subject.
It wasn’t the right time.
Frankie had a shop to run.
But…she could give some bare details, could fill her friend in enough so that she didn’t worry. She could be open with a person who loved her.
So, she took a breath and did just that.
Gave enough to ease the worry on Frankie’s face.
Then took the hug and gentle words of her friend’s response.
And later, when the shop quieted, she gave the rest. The parts she’d only told Auntie Pat and Connor.
And…found that the sky didn’t fall, the universe didn’t implode.
