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“I want you to stay,” I said. “I want you to give us a try…and you can’t do that by leaving.”
“I can find a place to stay in town,” she said. “Somewhere.”
“But can you afford it?” I pushed.
The quickness in which she shut her mouth was amusing, to say the least.
“I’m paying you rent,” she countered.
My eyebrows lifted. “How about you buy the groceries?”
She frowned. “That’s not enough…”
“You have no clue how much I spend on groceries a week,” I challenged. “I’m a growing boy.”
She poked me in the chest. “There’s zero fat on you.”
“That’s my Kevlar vest,” I countered.
She poked me on the underside of the chin.
“You’re not wearing a Kevlar vest there,” she countered.
That was true.
“Do this.” She dropped her chin to her chest and then grabbed the fat that resulted in the maneuver.
When she looked back up at me expectantly, I did as she asked, laughing when she scoffed.
“See, zero fat.” She grabbed the muscles of my neck. “You have zero fat.”
“How did we digress to this conversation?” I asked. “I eat.”
“You eat,” she agreed. “What?”
“Well, tonight I’m eating poorly,” I amended. “But yes, I usually try to eat healthily. There’s nothing wrong with that.”
“In my freezer, I have chocolate ice cream,” she said. “In my fridge, I have cookie dough that I eat by the hunks every time I pass the fridge.” She paused. “And in my cabinets, I have peanut butter that I eat like it’s going out of style.”
“I eat peanut butter, too,” I countered.
“What do you eat with your peanut butter?” she asked.
I frowned. “Apples?”
She started to laugh. “I eat marshmallows with mine.”
I just shook my head, unable to come up with a comment that wouldn’t offend her in some way.
Instead, I changed the subject.
“Do you want to go out with a few of the guys and their women?” I asked. “We’re supposed to have a team meeting today, and I want you to come.”
Her head tilted. “Royal will be there?”
I nodded. “Royal will be there.”
“Then I’ll come.” She smiled.
