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He squeaks as he rushes to cover his chest with his hands. “You wouldn’t dare.”
I lean over and hiss in his face. “Watch me.”
“Eden,” Miller calls from the entrance to the kitchen. “This is a nice surprise.”
“Oh boy is he in for a surprise, but it is not a nice one,” Ashlyn mutters from behind me.
I show her my hand. “Shush you. Amateur hour is over.”
“Did she call me an amateur?”
I ignore Ashlyn. I’ve got bigger fish to fry at the moment.
Oh wait. A small fish first. “You could have told me Miller was in the kitchen,” I snarl at Elder.
He shrugs. “Sorry. Twin rules.”
I stomp toward Miller but pause when I hear a ruckus behind me. I glance over my shoulder. Awesome. I have an entourage.
“Stop following me,” I order the members of the smutty book club.
“This is a public location. You can’t order us around,” Moon says.
Feather grins. “This is better than book club.”
Petal nods. “It’s as if we’re doing a re-enactment of the book from last month. The one with the grumpy hero. What was it called?”
“Was he also an asshole?” I mutter before I can stop myself.
“Such an asshole.” Ashlyn fans her face. “It was hot, hot, hot.”
“I was being ironic.”
She winks. “I know.”
I love my town. I swear I do. But at the moment they all need to go in a time-out until they learn their lesson about eavesdropping and invading people’s privacy. But it’s never gonna happen.
“Eden,” Miller calls my name in his deep scratchy voice, and for a moment, my body forgets all about what a complete and utter jerkwad he is. I shiver before I can stop myself.
“Is something wrong?”
Soleil snorts. “Something’s definitely wrong.”
“And not wrong good. Wrong wrong,” Harmony adds.
“What’s wrong good?” Elder asks.
Enough! E-freaking-nough!
“Uh oh. Mommy’s mad,” Ashlyn says and I realize I yelled those words out loud. Never mind. It’s not as if everyone in the restaurant – the entire town by now – doesn’t know I’m mad already.
I shackle Miller’s wrist and drag him toward the offices in the back. I stop at the first door.
“This is Elder’s office,” Miller says.
“I know,” I lie since I kind of forgot whose office is whose. Remembering where Miller’s office is isn’t exactly a priority at the moment.
I stomp to the next door and fling it open before shoving Miller inside.
