Page 45 of Tempted By her Daddies

Or was he reading too much into this?

“I apologize,” he said stiffly. “I shouldn’t have said that.”

“You apologize a lot,” she told him.

“Around you, I seem to. Where is your coat?”

“I don’t know. I seem to have misplaced it.”

“How do you misplace a coat?”

“See . . . there was this old homeless lady outside my apartment and she looked so cold.”

“I get it,” he said quietly. “You gave her your coat?”

“Yes.”

“And you don’t have another one.”

“No.”

“So how were you expecting to keep warm as the weather grows colder?”

“Well, I was going to roller skate, but Rome said I couldn’t do that anymore. Especially without safety gear. Although he said he was going to put some mats out on the tennis court so I could practice. With the correct safety gear.”

“You were roller skating without safety gear?” he cried. “Do you know how dangerous that is?”

“Ahh. Rome pointed that out, yes.”

Good. That was good.

Pick your battles.

“You shouldn’t walk around without a coat, you’ll get ill. Also, I would appreciate it, if you are going to be late, you would let me know.”

“Right. Sorry. My bad.”

Silence fell between them.

“Do I have permission to leave now?”

He was definitely losing the plot. And this girl was the problem.

“Yes.”

“Perfect. GGC!”

GGC?

Would he ever understand her?

“You’re leaving?”Salem stepped out of the kitchen as he heard Tamsyn in the entrance later that day.

“Yep. Rome just finished the last chapter of our book.”

He raised his eyebrows. “Our book?”

“Well, his book. But he reads it to me. We just finished it.”

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