I was confused. “What?”
“It’s cool, right?”
“I like the sword. It’s like right out of a book.”
He laughed softly. “Adorable.” But then his voice turned firm. “Don’t touch it. It will rearrange your guts. The only one allowed to do that is me.”
“TMI,” Kieran yelled.
“You’re the one who called me in here,” Hiro retorted.
“Is he okay?” Haz asked.
“Baby, tell Haz you aren’t shish kebab,” Hiro said warmly.
“Rett?” Haz said.
“I’m fine,” I promised. “The taser just startled me.”
“So what else is in there—Hey!”
“You lost your phone privileges,” Hiro quipped. Then, “Tell Doc I’ll be right there.” Into the line, his voice was more of a purr. “You miss me?”
I smiled. “Yeah.”
“You still wearing my clothes?”
“Yeah.”
“My guyyy.”
I giggled.
“I’ll be home soon.”
“I have to go sign in to work now,” I told him.
“Make sure you close up the murder locker first.”
“Okay.”
“You sure you didn’t hurt yourself?” he asked one more time.
“I promise.”
I pulled the phone down, but he called my name.
“Were you just about to hang up on me?” He was incredulous.
“Wasn’t the conversation over?”
“Phone rule number one…”
I groaned. What was he, some kind of rule connoisseur?More like bossy as hell.
“You don’t ever hang up until you tell me you love me.”
“What?” I burst out and then giggled again.
