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“She really is going to kill o to check the si marinade

“Why?” Mason asks “How do they know each other?”

“I have no idea” I shrug and shake my head

“You don’t think they dated, do you?”

I arch a brow his way “You think?”

He chuckles softly “Yeah, that wasn’t ‘used to be friends’ tension”

“Or ‘used to be ene at some point, but I have no idea when I know I’ve joked about not re the names of all her boyfriends, but I would have remembered a name like Nash And I have no idea what Daddy has to do with anything He usually did his best not to interact with the guys Aria dated, at least not until it was clear she was going to keep one around for a while”

“In denial,” Mason says with a smile

“Totally in denial” I laugh as I give the basting sauce one last stir before declaring it ready and turning off the heat “He’s like that with Melody’s boyfriends, too You were the only one he ever really liked”

Mason co his arether when he gets home?”

I turn to hiertips down his scruffy jaw “Maybe not at first, but once he sees how happy I am, he’ll come around Don’t worry about Daddy”

“I’ll prove to hiain Just like I’ll prove it to you,” Mason says, leaning down to press a kiss to ht up “Nohat can I do to help? Chop the salad?”

“No, Melody did the sides this afternoon I just need to get the steaks started Why don’t you go rescue Nash from my sisters, talk manly stuff, and I’ll be out in a second”

Mason nods and ambles toward the backdoor “I’ll do er than he used to be Enough to intimidate we lesser specimens”

I shoot him an amused look “As if”

Mason grins “I get intimidated”