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FOX, PUP, AND BUNNY
12thDecember
Crap.
Crap. Crap. Shoot.
Autumn looked down at her phone, chewing her lip nervously. The Fox was not going to be happy.
Which was precisely why Brody had called her and not the Fox directly. And now she had to be the one to tell him.
Just get it over with, Autumn. He’s not going to be upset with you.
Still . . . she hated upsetting him for any reason.
She still had a few hang-ups from her childhood, and sometimes they reared their ugly head. Displeasing people or causing issues was one of them.
But she forced herself to knock on the door of his office.
“Come in,” he called out.
She walked in to find him sitting at his desk, reading something on one of the many monitors set up all over the walls. On one of them, she recognized the entrance to the tattoo shop that Duke and Sunny owned. In another was the playroom, where she’d just been playing before the phone call. The Fox liked to have eyes everywhere.
It wasn’t often that she came down here. The Fox preferred that she and Brody stay out of this room and away from what he did.
She figured it was safer that way—for everyone.
“Bunny, you all right?”
She turned to find him watching her intently.
Drat. She licked her lips. “Brody just called me.”
The Fox raised his eyebrows. “He did? What did he call you about?”
His gaze moved to another monitor, where she saw Brody’s office at Callahan Security. It was empty.
“Was he calling to tell you that he was leaving and about to head home?” the Fox asked.
“Um, no. That’s not why he was calling.”
The Fox frowned. “What did he say, Bunny?”
“Um, well . . . he, uh . . .”
“Come here, Bunny.” It was said softly but with a definite stern note.
She walked toward him without thought, letting him pull her onto his lap.
“Right. Tell me.”
“He’s still at work,” she blurted out. “And he said he’s staying the night.”
She braced herself. Not that she expected the Fox to explode exactly. That wasn’t his style.
Still, she wasn’t anticipating the complete chill she felt coming from him. The tension in his body.
