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“Champ,” Mal says in a warning tone.
“What?” Champ says as someone calls Mal.
There’s a large crowd here tonight, and I want to escape, too, anything to take me out of this woman’s presence.
“Behave,” Mal says before she walks away.
“So, where’s yourfriend?” Cade asks.
She smirks and says, “Merrick is around here somewhere.”
Shaking his head, he chuckles. “Still can’t believe the two of you....”
“Why not?”
“That foul mouth of yours and that temper mixed with Rick?”
“That’s precisely what he loves about me,” she says saucily, glancing at me.
“Oh, we’re talking love now?”
“Well,” she says, shrugging her shoulders. “We’ve been dating for a year now.”
“And he’s managed to hold your attention that long?”
I glance away, looking around the room at all the men and wondering which one is Merrick. Who would be strong enough or interesting enough to deal with this witch?
“So, the two of you. How did you meet?” she asks.
I turn my attention back to her and say, “On a two-week vacation.”
She glances at Cade in surprise and asks, “Alta?”
“Yep.”
“Mm,” she says with a little snide laughter.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” I ask.
She raises an eyebrow and says, “Feisty?”
“No, I just don’t like playing games.”
“Oh, is that what we’re doing?”
“You’ve been rude since we were introduced. You’re making little insinuations without saying anything and keep tossing judgmental glances my way as though you know me, but you don’t. Probably won’t ever get to know me.”
She tosses the rest of her wine down and crosses one arm underneath the one holding the wineglass.
“Oh, she has a bit of a bite.”
“I’m not a fucking dog,” I hiss.
Shaking her head, she narrows her eyes. “Cade, I think I like her for you.”
“Excuse me?”
Smiling warmly this time, she says, “Kincaid has a habit of choosing women who...how do I say this...they compliment him in terms of appearances at all the important events he has to attend. Unfortunately, none of them challenge him or stand up to him. If anything, they all kiss his ass, and I think it’s so they can get in his bed to climb into his pockets. You...I don’t get that vibe from you, and I like that. He needs someone who isn’t afraid to speak her opinion and keeps him on his toes.”
