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“What?” Maggie chuckled, shrugging

“You can’t say that to a child” Craig shook his head, wiping tears of laughter from his eyes

“What? I bet it works! The little shit won’t be telling his mum to fuck off anytiled to breathe, still not believing I’d actually witnessed what I’d just witnessed “I think,” I giggled, “I think it was part brilliant, part awful You do realize that child won’t sleep for weeks now”

“Ach, so? We coddle kids toointo little arseholes I should know—it started withto hurt a little, and I decided I ie She was so wonderfully honest and real in a way I wasn’t brave enough to be It just wasn’t who I was That didn’t h

“Wait until Mu teased as he scooped up a bite of his alie suddenly looked unsure “You know she’ll think it was rude and I’ll get an hour-long lecture”

“Maybe you need an hour-long lecture”

“I get plenty of those at university No lectures at ho children”

“Isoout with the didn’t need to be at work for a fewaround in and out of shops, joking around, we stopped in at The World’s End, a pub on the Royal Mile

I insisted on buying the first round—a wine forWhile I aiting for the drinks, they found a table nearby

I’d only been standing there aar’s familiar heat as he pressed a warm and rather possessive kiss to the side of my neck

“Need a hand?” he murmured

I tried not to shiver and failed “Sure,” I said softly, hating when hehow easily he rabbed the two beers when they were ready and I carried

She was grinning from ear to ear at us

“What?” I s “Possessive fucker Don’t think he’s a gentleman, Rain He only went up to help you because those three fit-as-fuck guys were checking you out Still are”

I followed her gaze to three guys sitting at a table across fro Sure enough he was glowering at the lee

Craig snapped his attention to her “If I didn’t love you sohi into hi!”