Page 83 of Fierce-Hyde

He turned down another hall and headed toward Raina’s office next, then decided he needed to fill his brother in first and went to Garrett’s.

“Slow down,” Garrett said. “You’re going to leave marks on the carpet with as fast as you’re going if you’ve got to stop quickly.”

“I just picked Hyde up on the second floor in the elevator. I asked if he had the wrong floor and he said he was talking to Tori.”

“Why?” Garrett asked.

“I asked him if he was dating Tori and he said yes. It wasn’t a secret.”

“It is to us,” his brother said. “What did Ryder have to say about this? I thought whatever they had fizzled. No one told us more.”

“He’s with a client. I was on my way to see Raina and then came to get you first.”

“Raina can be last,” Garrett said. “My kids have to know. Jade knows everything.”

“Good thought,” he said, following his brother to his niece’s office.

“I could hear you guys all but stomping down the hall,” Jade said when they entered her office. “Let me guess, you just found out about Hyde and Tori?”

He wanted to grind his teeth.

His brother beat him to it. “Why didn’t you tell us?” Garrett asked, crossing his arms.

Jade laughed. “It’s not my place to do it. How did you find out?”

“I just ran into Hyde getting on the elevator on the second floor. He said he’d been visiting Tori.”

“And of course you asked if they were dating?” Jade asked.

“Yes,” he said. “You know we’ve been trying to set them up.”

“With each other,” Jade said, laughing. “And they knew that.”

“So it worked?” he asked. “Just them knowing, they decided to try it?”

He didn’t think it’d be that easy.

“Hardly,” Jade said.

“You two can’t simmer down, can you?” Ryder said, coming in.

“Why didn’t you tell us about Hyde?” he said.

“It’s not my news to tell,” Ryder said. “And it’s not a big deal. They are dating. So what?”

Grant rolled his eyes. “We would like to know those things so we aren’t trying to set them up with someone else.”

“Please,” Jade said. “No one is stupid. They know you are trying to set them both up.”

“And no,” Ryder said. “That isn’t why they are dating. It’s a long complicated thing that has been going on for a few months.”

“Months!” Grant said. “What the hell?”

Jade and Ryder burst out laughing. “Sorry. You don’t need to know everything. But they’ve only been dating a few weeks,” Ryder said. “I don’t know the exact details. It’s new, so leave them alone.”

“We will,” Garrett said.

“No,” Jade said. “You won’t, but you will think you will.”

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