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“What is there to discuss?” she asked.
“The rules are still in place but will change slightly.”
“How?”
Grady started to write things down and she glanced over to see it was a list titled: Effie’s Rules.
Holy heck.
He drew out a pen. “These are your rules so far: One: No putting yourself down. Two: No leaving work without texting me. Three: No lying. Four: You must always wear your seatbelt when a car is moving.”
Right.
“The next rule is that if you get into any trouble, if you hurt yourself, feel ill, or need something, then you will tell us immediately. Understand?”
“Yes. I understand.” That was actually a really sweet rule.
“Six is that you will do your best to keep yourself safe. That means things like not walking around alone at night. Or texting while driving. Jaywalking. That sort of thing.”
“I’m not allowed to jaywalk?” she asked.
“No,” Grady replied.
She looked at Steele again. He just raised his eyebrows back. He seemed in complete agreement with his best friend.
Yeah, she was definitely in trouble here.
“The next rule is around gossip.”
“Gossip?” she asked.
“Yes,” Grady replied. “Gossip. I don’t like it.”
“You don’t like any gossip?” That was kind of odd.
“He means gossip about us,” Steele explained. His fingers brushed against the tender skin of her neck and she shivered.
How could that be so arousing?
Definitely. In. Trouble.
Then he leaned in and kissed the spot right behind her ear.
“Steele,” she whispered.
“Damon,” he whispered back.
“What?” She turned to give him a startled look.
“I want you to call me Damon. Especially when we’re in bed together.”
“Really?” Oh God. The idea of being in bed with him was going to make her brain explode.
“I like the idea of hearing my name from your lips.”
“All right,” she replied. Yeah, she liked that idea a lot.
“All right, Damon.”
