Thank God there were two of them to take care of her. Because he didn’t think one of them could manage on their own.
“You’re acting like I did something terrible,” she said.
“You tried to pay for dinner.”
“Yes, for dinner! I didn’t try to shoot you,” she told him as she walked into the bedroom and slid off her shoes.
“I think I would prefer that,” he said.
Oh for goodness sake.
Turning to him, she put her hands on her hips. “Don’t you think you’re being a bit of a drama queen?”
His eyebrows rose. “A drama queen?”
“Yes.”
“A drama queen?” He stalked toward her and she backed up until she hit the wall, gulping.
“Yes.”
“You really want to call me a drama queen?” he murmured as he placed his hands on the wall by either side of her head, leaning in.
Oh hell.
She got the feeling that she was in real trouble.
“We’re back,” Eli said. “Huh, what’s going on here, then?”
Horse let out a bark and then a growl.
“It’s all right, Horse,” Kellan said. “Just having a discussion with your mama about her use of the term ‘drama queen.’”
Eli snorted and walked closer to stand on one side of them. “Did you call Kellan a drama queen, baby? That was very brave of you.”
“Well, he was making a big deal out of the fact that I tried to pay for dinner.”
Eli’s eyes narrowed. “Is that so? You think being upset about that is over-the-top?”
“Yes, I do!”
“We already told you that you weren’t to try and pay for anything,” Eli told her. “And then you went and tried to pay for all of our dinners!”
“No, you told me that we don’t owe each other in a relationship. Which is completely different.”
“Ahh, no, it’s not,” Kellan disagreed. “But let’s make this completely clear. We
pay for things. You don’t.”
Her mouth dropped open. “Um, what?”
“It’s just like Kellan said,” Eli told her. “We pay. You don’t. We stay at a hotel. We pay the bill. We buy a house. We paythe mortgage, the utilities, the food, everything. We go out for dinner, lunch, coffee. We. Pay.”
“That’s not fair,” she said.
“On who?” Eli asked.
“You guys! You shouldn’t pay everything for me. That’s your money.”
