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“Effie, when I told you that I didn’t like you calling yourself a doofus, I didn’t mean to make you feel bad for teasing Steele about going blind.”
“So that’s what happened.” Steele crossed his arms over his chest. “You called yourself a doofus?”
“I was just joking around.”
“And when I said you shouldn’t joke around, I meant with what you say about yourself. Not about what you say about Steele.”
She bit her lower lip.
Steele reached out to pull it free. “Stop.”
Sheesh. Bossy.
“I didn’t hurt your feelings?” she asked.
“I got a dick, Spitfire?”
“Um, I assume so.” Lord, she hoped this wasn’t some big reveal where he told her he was a eunuch. That wouldn’t be pleasant. It would be disappointing.
You should not be thinking about your boss’s dick, Effie.
She bet it was nice, though. And big. Like him.
“I’ve got a dick,” he confirmed. “You make a joke about my eyesight, I’m not going to cry into my cornflakes.”
“You eat cornflakes?”
“Course not. Think we’ve established I’ve got a dick.”
“Well, I’ve only got your word for it.” Shoot. What was wrong with her? It was like her mouth ran away from her around them.
Steele opened his mouth, but Grady got there first. “Let’s get Effie inside before she catches pneumonia.”
Steele cut her a sharp glance, then nodded. His hand was still around her arm, which he used to lead her toward her apartment.
How was he not shivering in the cold? She guessed when you were that big, you generated your own heat. And what had he been doing out here on his own?
She tripped over a crack that she shouldn’t have tripped over since she knew it was there. She would have gone down if Steele hadn’t had a hold of her.
“Whoa, Spitfire. You all right?”
“Just not used to wearing slippers. Where’s Grady?”
“He’s grabbing your stuff.”
Shoot. She should have done that.
“How many apartments in this building?” Steele asked.
“Four.”
“Four? Shit. They must be small. How long has the security light been broken?”
“What security light?”
“Not liking that, Spitfire. Not liking it at all.”
Well, she didn’t either. But since the landlord was an older guy with bad arthritis and she really didn’t want him getting up on a ladder, there wasn’t much she could do.
