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“Aye, aye, Captain” I saluted her and offered herit until the top of the first staircase landing

Kathleen stood at the entrance Her barked orders made their way directly to us

I leaned dohispering into Zara’s ear “Try to at least pretend to like ht”

“Don’t I always” She tilted her chin to her shoulder, in a gesture le, but I’d heard the bite in her tone

“Of course” I unlocked our ar her in close Leaning in, I ran the back of ainst her cheek Her sht in bed together “Always playing the perfect, loving fiancée”

“You forgot doting” She er

, which I wasn’t entirely sure was playful

Chuckling, I led us through the entrance with a wave to Kathleen and toward the bar We were going to need it

A woht red curls stepped in front of me “Leo Wilder? Wow, it’s really you”

“Every freaking time,” Zaraat the woman “Hi, I’m Zara Sorry, Leo’s here with his fiancée and doesn’t have tirabbed my hand from her back and pulled me away

The woed” She fu and pulled out her phone

“It’s complicated,” I called out over my shoulder

Zara’s eyebrow lifted e“It’s co couple?”

“I can’t help it if I’rabbed her phone and probably took a picture of the ring For all we know it’s posted on social media I’m retired now, but that doesn’tquestions”

Her face paled “I didn’t think about that Sorry for overreacting”