Shouldn’t Zander’s security precautions make her feel better? Shouldn’t she be more grateful?
Sure, she sometimes thought that he bordered on being paranoid.
Actually, scratch that, he was definitely paranoid.
“I’m not worried about my safety. In fact, sometimes . . .”
“Sometimes you wish you had a bit less security?” Eden asked.
“Ahh, it sounds kind of stupid, right?” she asked sheepishly.
“No.” Eden shook her head. “I know how that feels. My brothers tried to keep me as safe as possible by wrapping me in cotton wool. It only made me more rebellious. You should start thinking about the next chapter of your life. Do you want to get a job? Your own place to live?”
“I don’t think that’s in the cards for me,” Angie said. She couldn’t imagine that. But the time that she’d spent on her own in Bricks, Idaho . . . yeah, she’d liked that.
You were lonely.
And you weren’t entirely alone since the Fox was keeping an eye on you.
Yeah, but having her own space had been . . . amazing. She’d never really had that before.
“Do you want that, Angie?” Keira asked, looking concerned. “It . . . would it be safe? I don’t know how Zander would feelabout you being unprotected. I don’t know how I feel, but if it’s something you want . . .”
“It’s okay,” Angie said to her. “I’m fine. This isn’t anything you should worry about right now.”
“Right. Okay.”
“Seriously,” Angie told her. “Everything that you guys have done for me is incredible. I don’t need anything more.”
The look on Keira’s face told her that she disagreed with Angie’s opinion.
“Hey, how did this turn into a sad affair?” Honey said. “This is meant to be fun! We’re partying. It’s your wedding day. And you have approximately two hours left to run.”
“Like she could get away from the men following us everywhere,” Eden said dryly.
Honey waved her hand in the air. “Pfft. I am perfectly capable of taking care of us all.”
“It’s because all of your men are uber-protectors,” Angie said. “There’s protective and then there’s your men.”
“Hey!” Honey pointed at her. “I don’t have one of those idiotic creatures.”
“What? A man?” Eden asked.
“Yep. I’ve sworn off men,” Honey said. “They’re all idiots.”
Keira and Angie shared a look. “Uh-huh.”
They had their suspicions about which man Honey really wanted.
And that was going to be an interesting ride.
Jared answered the call,smiling as he saw it was his cousin, Tabby.
She was the only family he actually cared about. Unfortunately, inheriting the “family business” from his father meant he now had to deal with his family.
He had several second and third cousins who now ’worked’ for him. Although he’d gotten rid of the worst of them. The ones that had acted as advisors to his father. They’d been extreme and hadn’t wanted to adapt to his different approach.
That approach being that he wasn’t a fucking dictator asshole with a sadistic streak like his father had been.
