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“No. The answer is no. Are you going up to tell him to keep the noise down? No. When there is a party? No. When they’re fighting? No. Now do you see how no is the answer?”
“That really makes no sense. What if the question is should I put my seatbelt on in a moving car? Is the answer no then?”
“Don’t sass me.”
Huh? Was she sassing him? Well, okay, maybe a little.
“So you think I should just put up with them keeping me awake all night? Well, I suppose I can deal. I’ve been watching some really interesting infomercials. I’m thinking about trying this piece of exercise equipment for free for thirty days. Apparently, it will tighten my butt.” And her butt could use that.
“What’s the answer?”
Huh?
Oh. Wait.
“No?”
“That’s right. No.”
“I can’t buy the exercise equipment?”
“Baby, that stuff is a waste of time and money.”
Aww, he was calling her baby again. She melted.
“You want to go to the gym? I’ll take you to mine. But does your butt need any work?”
“Uh.” Yep, plenty.
“What’s the answer, Spitfire?”
Dear. Lord. He was out of control.
“No.”
“You’re getting it. I’ll take care of your neighbor.”
“Haha, sure you will.”
He just shot her a look. Oh, crap. Maybe she should have told him about the lawyer calling her. That would have been the smarter play here, turning him on some scummy lawyer instead of her scummy-but-knew-where-she-lived neighbor.
“That’s not necessary,” she said hastily.
“Consider it done.”
“I really don’t want to consider it at all,” she told him. “Because I don’t want that to happen. You cannot talk to my neighbor.”
“That’s tough you don’t want it.” He reached into the container on her desk, pulling out a piece of chocolate cake.
That’s all he said. What did that mean? Was he not going to do it? Crap.
“Steele,” she started to say, but she was interrupted.
By him choking.
Well, not actually choking. But he was making a noise like he was going to vomit. Then he grabbed a tissue and spat out the piece of cake into it.
She stared at him in horror.
