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She opened her mouth to say something, but Grady shot her a look.
Effie huffed out a breath, but decided it was better not to upset him. She’d go check on Ana later. She was having some problems at home and might need someone to talk to.
“I don’t care about the lost time,” Grady told her. “You’ll go home at your usual time tonight. But from now on, if you leave during work to go somewhere, you text me. Today, I had no idea where you were. I didn’t know that you were with Steele, so it took me a while to call him. Then, to call Raul when he didn’t answer. Do you know what I thought that entire time you were missing?”
“Umm.”
“I thought some asshole had somehow got in here and kidnapped you.”
Wow. That seemed really far-fetched.
“Why would anyone want to kidnap me?” she joked. “That’s ludicrous.”
“No,” Steele growled.
Huh? What did he mean, no?
“That right there is not happening. No more talking badly about yourself.” Grady started stalking her once more and she started backing up.
Bad idea, but once she started, she couldn’t stop.
She hit the wall, and before she could slide away in a different direction, he was there.
Right there.
Right in front of her. And she could feel the heat coming off him. Funny, she hadn’t expected him to be so warm.
Silly Effie.
He placed his hands on either side of her head. Although he didn’t need to cage her in since she was incapable of moving.
Another knock on the door.
“Who is it?” he called out.
“Um, oh, it’s Ryan.” He was one of the bartenders. “Is Effie in?”
“No. Go away.”
She sucked in a breath. “You shouldn’t talk to your employees like that.”
“They always bother you this much?” Steele asked.
“It’s not a bother. It’s my job to take care of them.”
“No, your job is to schedule them,” Grady corrected. “To make sure they get paid. It’s not your job to look after them in any other way.”
“Maybe not. But that’s me being nice.”
“Were you ever planning on being nice to me?” Grady asked her.
“I’m nice to you!” She stared up at him, aghast. How could he think that? She was lovely to everyone.
“Hmm, not sure you are. If you were being nice to me, you wouldn’t run off in the middle of the day without telling me where you were.”
Sheesh, he just wouldn’t let this go.
“Steele didn’t tell you either.”
