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Mav smiled a little. “Good.”

“Good?”

“I prefer it when you don’t hide from me,” Mav said earnestly. Telos’ heart skipped a beat.

Mav’s smile grew. As though he wasfondof Telos.

It was a little too much for Telos to handle. He stepped back and hurried to dry off, terribly aware of Mav’s gaze following him the entire time.

18

DATE NIGHT

Hadley was missingwhen Telos did a head count, shortly after he left the bathroom. “Where’s my other annoying brother?”

“I sent him on an errand,” Mav said, brushing past him in a rush of tingles.

“To get food?” Telos asked hopefully.

Raptor scoffed. “You spent so much time fucking, we ate your share of the takeout.”

Mav winced. “Ah, crap. No, I didn’t send him to get food.”

Telos whirled around with a scowl. “Then what did you send him out for?”

“That’s not for you to know yet.” Mav shrugged placidly, which only raised Telos’ hackles.

“‘Yet’. Which means I can know now,” Telos muttered.

“Nope.”

“Fucker. At least make him get dinner while he’s out.”

“You could send your own butler,” Mav said.

“Hilly-Billy’s watching Estie.”

“Hilly-Billy is also sticking around to keep an eye on you,” the butler said with a huge wink.

Telos flipped him off and turned back to Mav. “Besides, you’re the one responsible for food; you were—” He cut himself off before the rest of the words fell out of his mouth.You were the one pounding me into the bed.

It was enough to make him flush. Mav’s mouth curved into a sinful smile. And three phones came out, their owners typing furiously into them.

“What the hell is with all the phones?” Telos demanded.

None of them answered him. They were all dickwads.

“I want Thai food,” Telos said primly to Mav.

Mav pursed his lips. “I was going to order burgers.”

“Burgers are not as tasty,” Telos grumbled.

“They are if you add enough pickles, bacon, and mustard.”

“Only weirdos like mustard.”

“You’re just uncultured,” Mav said.

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