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“Like cooking meals for each other? Or changing each other’s bandages?”
He didn’t reply to that.
Maybe I’d pushed him a little too much.
“You should probably order from one of my friends’ shops next time, to maintain the distance between us,” I remarked. “We should take care of our own meals, too. Sharing food is intimate for me. In my family, food equals love.”
He didn’t reply to that one, either.
After a moment of silence, he finally spoke up. “Did you tell your friends I was sleeping with Cindy fromSweet Dreams?”
I blinked. “No.”
He handed me his phone. On the screen, there was a text from the night before.
Rafael
If you’re fucking Cindy while dancing with Brynn like that, you know I’ll have to kill you.
Bash hadn’t replied to it.
There was another one he’d left unanswered from earlier that day.
Rafael
Order from Sweet Dreams again, and I’m done working with you.
Yikes.
“Well, are you sleeping with her?” I asked, handing the phone back.
“Of course not.” His responding growl was fierce. “I haven’t touched a woman since long before I realized I was yours. I sure as hell haven’t since then.”
Yours.
He said it so easily. Like it was natural and unchangeable.
“You’re not mine. You made that pretty clear last night, I’d say.” I lifted my pot off the stove and poured the chocolate carefully into my molds. “Tatum called yesterday and asked what was going on between you and me. I had told her not to fill any orders for you, so she figured something was up. When I explained finding Cindy on your doorstep, she asked if you were sleeping with her, and I told her I didn’t know. She probably told Rafael about it.”
His jaw clenched. “You should’ve known I wasn’t. I’ve never so much as flirted with the woman.”
“We’re not mates, so your sex life is none of my business.” I smiled sweetly at him, and he narrowed his eyes at me. “Just like how my sex life is none of your business.”
“Like hell it isn’t.”
I changed the subject. “You should probably answer Rafael. He really hates Cindy. He almost sued her a few months ago.”
“Hewhat?”
“I don’t know how you’re not aware of this already, but she’s been copying Tatum’s recipes. She doesn’t have them exactly right, of course, but close enough to give them the same name.If we announce seasonal lemon-lavender truffles, she announces them the next day. If we announce peppermint cookie truffles, she announces them.”
Bash’s didn’t reply.
“Tatum tries not to care about it, but it makes Rafefurious. She convinced him not to attempt a lawsuit the last time, just barely. I’m sure finding out you’ve been single-handedly keeping them in business didn’t make him happy. If it happens again, I think Cindy’s going to have a huge, charming Villin threatening her life.”
When he didn’t reply again, I glanced over my shoulder and found his fingers flying over his phone’s keyboard.
Hmm.
