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“Key?” Why would she need a key when she wasn’t going anywhere?
“For the house. So I can lock it when I leave.”
“Oh, don’t worry about that. I’ll be here and I don’t lock the door when I’m here.”
There were several beats of silence. It should have been a warning to her to tread cautiously.
But that had never been the way she lived her life.
“You don’t lock up when you’re here?” he said in a whisper-yell.
Yes, she knew that whisper-yell was a contradiction. But it was seriously a thing. Really. He was yelling but in a whisper.
“Um, I mean, I do when I’m sleeping or if I leave the house.” If Loki wasn’t home. But Loki didn’t usually lock up after leaving the house. He liked to leave his place open in case someone needed something.
“There’s really no need to lock up when I’m here. Not like anyone is going to steal something with me here. And really, there’s not much here worth taking.”
“What about you?” he asked in a low, dark voice.
He sounded upset, but she still couldn’t understand why.
“I’m hardly likely to steal my own stuff, am I?”
“What if they take you? Hurt you? Don’t you think you’re more precious than all this stuff?” he asked.
“I am?”
She heard him swearing and she winced. Wow. He was really working himself up. He had to be more mindful of his blood pressure. How old was he?
“Yeah. You fucking are. And I don’t like that you don’t know that.”
Huh? He was being so confusing right now.
“You’re going to start locking up all the fucking time. Got me?”
Okay. Well, she couldn’t quite agree with that. And what point was there in locking the door when Loki never really did?
But she wisely didn’t say that.
“Keys?” he asked.
“Um, I think they’re in my handbag.”
There was more silence for a few minutes. “Got them. Back soon. Stay inside. And don’t fall asleep in the bath.”
She honestly didn’t think he knew how to talk without being demanding.
Forty minutes later, she’d finished her bath and put on her pajamas, fluffy robe, and slippers. She just couldn’t be bothered wrestling herself back into a bra and proper clothes.
She headed into the kitchen. She’d clean up before Remy got back. He’d already done most of it, but there had to be a few things left to do when she’d gone to have a bath.
Coming to a sudden stop, she looked around the glistening kitchen.
Wow. Not only was he clean and tidy, but he moved fast.
Which meant more time for her to watch TV. After sliding her slippers off, she curled up underneath a blanket and turned on some cartoons.
Just ten minutes. Then she’d switch it to something more grown-up.
