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“I think you do. What time is it?”
She glanced up at the clock. “Ten-forty-three.”
“What time do you start work?” Steel asked.
Drat.
“Twelve.”
“Good news for you, you’re not on the clock, so we’re not your bosses right now. Means you don’t have to be embarrassed at watching porn.”
“I wasn’t watching porn!” she cried.
His eyes twinkled. Oh. He was teasing her? That was just plain mean.
She felt warmth enter her cheeks.
“Bad news for you. If we’re not your bosses right now, we might need to punish you for lying.”
“And coming in early,” Grady added.
Steele gave him a look, then nodded.
“You can’t punish me.”
They couldn’t, right? Lord, what was happening to her life? She didn’t know when things had changed from them being strictly her bosses to this . . . where they teased her about spanking her.
It was just teasing, right?
“From now on, you don’t start work early and you don’t work late, understand?” Steele said. “If your workload is too big, then we lighten it.”
“That’s what I told her,” Grady said.
“Good. Then it won’t need said again. And if you need to watch porn, Spitfire, there are more private places to do it.”
Effie groaned and placed her hands over her face.
“She was watching news reports about that murder in Wyoming,” Grady explained. “She heard it on the radio in the car. I’ll talk to Raul about not having the radio on when she’s in the car.”
Good Lord.
“She was worried as she has a friend there who looks like that woman,” Grady added.
“Your friend got a guy? One who’ll protect her?” Steele asked.
“Yes,” she whispered. “I was just being silly.”
Steele cupped the side of her face. And God, his hand was so warm and steady. “I don’t want you worrying about your safety, understand?”
Lord. She should not get used to this.
This wasn’t going to be her life. Between the two of them. Having them hold her up, protect her, surround her in warmth.
It was never gonna be her life.
But God, did she want it.
Then she felt something even more surprising. Two hands on her hips, steadying her, and Grady leaning into her.
