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Finally Ty shook his head decisively “You get laid too often to be jealous,” he announced flippantly as he reached for his glass

Zane thought about arguing but instead gave Ty a so It was all semantics anyway, jealousy versus possessiveness

Dropping the topic now meant he could chew on the idea plenty hi him off with a joke

It only hurt a little bit

AFTER dinner and al, Zane was still preoccupied by Ty"s diset laid too often to be jealous Zane wasn"t too sure Even before playing Corbin Porter, he"d been fighting thinking “He"s mine” about his partner, because the iet his head around

Not too o, he"d stood next to Ty"s hospital bed and ado But he hadn"t yet found a way to reconcile that with the reality of their complicated lives And now, because this crazy case completely warped their

“reality,” he could be as possessive as he thought Corbin would be, and Ty—or Del—wouldn"t complain Not in public, anyway

But what about when the case was over?

Before dinner, he"d assu any sort of claim, physical or eingly Zane hadn"t heard anything to change that assumption, but he hadn"t exactly asked, either He"d put it off, shying away fro in the center of his chest

Zane turned in place where he stood outside a ritzy accessory store and watched Ty finger through a display of sunglasses Ty turned to look at hilasses just like the ones he"d left at ho out sideways at his tes “Don"t you have a pair like that already?” A legitimate question, Ty or Del

Ty took the “You can never have too much awesome,” he claimed He set them back down and slid his hands down his sides, where his pockets should have been He gru else to do with his hands as they continued to stroll He was getting twitchy, and his mood had steadily declined since dinner

Whether the cause was the prospect of dealing with Norina Bianchi or the conversation they"d had regarding jealousy was anyone"s guess Zane had started casting around for so shiny, sweet, or sticky to throw in Ty"s path as an emotional diversion

“If ant dessert later, there"s no lack of places for snacks,”

Zane said as they passed by a bakery kiosk and a soda shoppe It was just one floor of three on the ih-class carpeted e Julius to a Godiva Chocolatier and a cheap T-shirt shop to a Tiffany & Co store All co Christmas tree in the center of it

“I would kill you for soht now,” Ty muttered