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“The word is ‘husband’, in case you’ve forgotten,” she smirks at me. When I don’t respond, she rolls her eyes. “What, does that make you uncomfortable?”
“No, but it’s…fake.”
“So how about ‘guardian’?”
I groan, shaking my head.
“No, no…” Callie muses, tapping her chin. “No, that sounds tawdry. Like a Victorian scandal. Ooh, how aboutward? Is that it?”
“Does your attitude have a fucking off switch?” I mutter, taking a sip of my drink and wishing I’d poured a larger one.
She grins impishly, her sinful lips curling devilishly.
“What made you mad, Castle?.”
My forearm muscles ripple as I grip the glass tighter.
“Because you just told me there’s no threat against us anymore. So what was it?”
My eyes dart to the side, stabbing into her. Callie’s flushed. She’s not drunk, but she’s had some drinks. Withhim.
“You’re fucking reckless,” I mutter. “And for some reason trouble follows you everywhere. Regardless of the threat level against us, myrulesare there because I don’t honestly think you can be trusted on your own, without them in place.”
“Wow.” She shakes her head. “Just…wow.Cool. Well, fuck you too, Castle.”
“Am I wrong?”
“You’re ajerk, so there’s that.”
“Callie, you didn’tknowthe threat was gone when you went out withhim. Yet you went anyway.”
Her lip curls devilishly.
Shit.
I didn’t mean to stress “him” so hard. But she caught it.
“To clarify, are you mad that I went out? Or mad that I went out with Stavros?”
Something dark and heated churns in my center.
“Is he your boyfriend?” I say, with way more edge to my words than I intended.
“No,” she replies softly. “I have ahusband, in case you haven’t heard.” She looks away. “He’s just a friend.”
“A friend who obviously wants to be more than fucking friends with you.”
She shrugs. “Maybe. Yeah, probably.”
“And still you went out drinking with him, dressed likethat?”
She sneers at me. “Like what, a slut?”
“Your words, not mine.”
Her mouth falls open. “What thehellis wrong with the way I’m dressed?”
“It sends a message, Callie.”
