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“Not necessary!” she snapped. A darker red color burned in her very kissable cheeks.
Damn, he shouldn’t be getting hard when she was so furious with him, but she looked so cute he couldn’t stop it.
Jennings folded his arms and leaned back in his seat. “I’m good right here.”
“So am I.” Clay extended his long legs and crossed them at the ankles, settling in to watch the argument like it was the national rodeo finals and his favorite bull rider was in the running.
Obviously he wasn’t getting any help from his comrades.
“Avalynn. The venue refuses to provide more security than what they already have in place.”
She waved a hand at the three of them. “What are you guys here for?”
“It’s not enough. You saw what happened in that one stadium despite tight security. People were rushing the stage—and getting through the guards. The festival is huge. The number of guards they have in place to control a crowd of that size isn’t nearly enough,” he argued.
She shook her head. “Who made this call?”
Jennings had enough brotherly loyalty to bow his head and avoid her gaze. Clay, on the other hand, did not have the same familial feelings. He jerked a thumb in Julius’s direction.
He tightened his lips and prepared for the mini-tornado that was Avalynn Ray when mad.
“You did this, Julius?” She shoved off the table and scraped her hands through her hair. “I can’t believe the audacity!”
“Honey, listen—”
She jabbed a finger at him. “Don’t you ‘honey’ me. I know this is your job, but this is the biggest concert of the entire year! Do you know how many fans are here just to see me? I can’t let them all down!”
He pushed away from the table and stood, facing her across it. “Don’t you dare try to tell me not to protect you.”
Brown eyes blazed into his. “Don’t you dare try to play the overbearing husband card with me!”
Her command slammed into him.
He did think of himself as her husband. Ever since the night of their engagement, he had thought of little else than being with Avalynn, keeping her happy and safe and putting smiles on her beautiful face.
All the things a husband would do.
In a very short time, he’d grown extremely comfortable with his new role. That didn’t mean he’d let down his guard. Not even a little bit.
“Can I play the bodyguard card?” he asked.
She sliced her hand through the air in an agitated gesture. “Well, that is your job. Your job is to protect me while I domy job.”
“There’s a dangerous man at large, Avalynn. He broke into our room at the winery. He sent you death threats. He’s probably responsible for that sex tape that violated you in all ways. You expect me to forget about those things and let you walk into a crowd of tens of thousands of people to perform?”
“It doesn’t matter that the guy is at large. Aren’t you going to protect me from him?” She glared at him for an endless second while the entire room crackled with charged silence.
He inflated his lungs with air that was much more difficult to expel with his muscles tensed for battle.
But this battle wasn’t with her.
He shoved out a breath. Pinching the bridge of his nose, he gave in to his first fight with his wife.
“Guys. How can we clamp down on security so Avalynn can perform?”
She straightened, lips parted on a gasp of surprise. She didn’t believe he’d concede to her argument. That made him question if he’d made the right call. Especially when his senses were still locked and loaded for the worst fight of his life.
“Julius. You can’t actually be considering—”
