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“I hope you told them it was none of their business”

“Kind of”

“Kind of?” He sounded angry Which startled her She’d expected surprise, annoyance, even aer Not when she hadn’t told hi to be a lot harder than she’d envisioned on the drive over

“Is that why Frida was acting so weird the next et coffee?”

Kitty nodded

He didn’t say anything He walked into the kitchen, so she followed him He took a pan off the stove and set it aside on the counter “We should eat before this gets cold”

He wanted to eat?

“Steve, did you hear what I just said out there?”

“Sure, I heard you It’s okay I understand” Gone was the flash of anger she’d witnessed out in the living room It had been replaced with a wooden expression that she’d never seen on him before

“What’s wrong, baby? How are you feeling right now?” she asked

“Why the hell does everyone want to kno I feel?”

Kitty blinked Where was this co to s better between us”

“Why do you think things need to be better?” he shot back “I think things are pretty fucking fantastic the way they are Don’t you?”

“Considering you’re living here and I’ with my father and soon-to-be stepmother and that we haven’t really talked in al fantastic”

“Maybe if we actually fucked, it would be”