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“They’re very concerned about your comfort. It’s so sweet,” Alice whispered as the two men stood across the room, talking. “Which one are you dating?”
“Neither. They’re my soon-to-be-bosses.”
Alice gave her a shocked look. “Really?”
“I only met them yesterday. I’m in way over my head.”
“Girl, drowning in that much gorgeousness and testosterone . . . what a way to go.”
Yeah, she wasn’t wrong there.
“You won’t ever be bored.”
She wasn’t sure that was a good thing.
You got this, Effie. You can do this.
“Let’s get back into the car. Steele will take care of this.” Grady ushered her outside. At least she got to walk this time. Even if she was in what amounted to slipper boots.
After a few minutes, Steele climbed in beside her.
“Thanks for my shoes,” she said.
Steele nodded while Grady was on his phone. Shoot. Was he upset with her?
Say you’re sorry. You were rude.
“I’m really sorry I called you stubborn.”
Steele grunted.
“And I’m really, really sorry I called you annoying.”
Grady made a strange noise and she tried to turn to see if he was all right. But she was kind of pinned back against the car seat again.
“Are you all right, Grady?”
“Yep,” he said in a strangled voice.
“Okay. Um, and I’m sorry that I called you bossy too.”
“You didn’t mean any of what you said?” Steele asked after a moment.
“Oh, ah, um . . . ” Crap.
“Truth,” he demanded.
She heaved out a breath. “No, I meant it. I mean, maybe not the annoying part.”
“You meant the annoying part.”
Damn it. She probably shouldn’t say anything more. “Maybe we should talk about something else.”
“And you think I’m stubborn.”
Well, yeah, and that was evidenced by the fact that he wasn’t letting this go.
“And bossy.”
