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He didn’t look up Twisted a wrench, undid a coupling, then sat up in one neat movement
"I should explain what you walked in on," she said as he brushed past her He didn’t pause, just went down the stairs into the cask rooher hands
She wasn’t used tojealous It was a freakishly new sensation, and not one hundred percent bad, if she was being honest Seventy-five percent bad, sure Twenty-five percent thrilling, in a guilty sort of way
The cask roo barrels standing guard on one side, the stone walls giving off their pleasant, li up for a wire that laced under the floor of the bottling roo He took a knife out of his pocket and stripped away the rubber sheath
"Okay, here’s the deal," Honor said, figuring he could at least listen "Um, it’s not what you think"
"Yes So you said earlier Funny, that phrase Everyone uses it when trying to excuse their bad behavior"
She pressed her lips together "I didn’t do anything that can be construed as bad, Toe your old boyfriends"
"We weren’t--"
"Yourto h her "I’m not the type, Tom I’ve never flirted with another woman’s boyfriend I’ve never littered, never broke the speed limit and I certainly never even entertained the idea of cheating on you"
"Really So kissing the great love of your life--"
"I have to say, I’ ?"
"I didn’t cheat on you! I would never do that"
"It looked rather convincing to me"
"Maybe you could just listen"
"Why?" he snapped, yanking a wire down fro "So I can hear how you accidentally kissed him? This is what you wanted, isn’t it? Your best friend stole your ot him back"
"No! That’s not it at all I don’t want hiin with, and honestly, he’s very upset about so--"
"Poor lamb"
"And he kissed me! There’s a difference"
"You sound bloody ridiculous" He yanked down some more wire and practically attacked it
She took a breath "You don’t understand, Tom I’ve been friends with him since I was nine years old, and I can’t just--"
"I know the whole story, darling, and I certainly don’t want to hear it again" His voice was cold and calm now, and he still wouldn’t look at her