“If looks could kill, I’d be dead on the floor right now, so I’d say that was a yes.” Ralen grinned at her.
The bastard.
“Is that right?” Cash mused.
Jeez. Ralen was a tattletale, wasn’t he?
Cash pulled up outside a dark building in an industrial-looking area as the sun lightened the sky. Where the heck were they? And what were they doing here? Wait, he’d said that they were on their way to Callahan Security. What the heck was Callahan Security? Well, obviously it was some sort of security company, but what did that have to do with anything that had happened tonight? They didn’t even look like they were open.
She was so confused.
“That changes things,” Cash said. “So you are still in trouble for coming toward the fight instead of hiding from it and keeping yourself safe. However, that’s not what we need to talk about right now. What I really want to know about is why you thought you were in trouble for seeing a man. With a body.”
Oh. Crap.
11
Addie took the warm mug of hot chocolate from the lovely woman who handed it to her. She’d already gotten her an ice pack for her face. Which Cash kept putting back on her cheek every time she moved it.
Immediately, Cash took the drink from her.
She glared at him. That was her cup of hot chocolate. What did he think he was doing? He could get his own mug.
Although maybe she should let him have it after everything he’d done for her. He wouldn’t even let her clean his boots for him. He’d disappeared into a bathroom and done that himself when they first arrived.
“This looks hot,” he said.
“Hot chocolate usually is hot,” the girl replied. “It’s kind of in the name, you know?”
She was frowning. Her hair was pulled hastily back into a messy bun and she’d shoved a pair of glasses in there, and her sweater was on back to front and inside out.
Should Addie tell her that, or would she get upset? She just didn’t know. She wasn’t great at social things. Monroe wouldknow what to say and do, Dotty would be too blunt, while Addie was too indecisive.
She really missed her sisters, and she was growing increasingly worried about them.
“Everything all right in here?”
Addie glanced over at the gorgeous man who stepped into the room. He had blond hair that was shaved at the sides and longer on top. His shirt had a few buttons undone at the top so she could see some of his sexy tattoos.
He was gorgeous.
Cash let out a strange noise, and moved closer, wrapping his arm around her. Ralen snorted, and she glanced over at him as the sip of water he’d just taken spurted out. He started to cough, and she jumped up to run around and whack his back.
He waved his hand through the air. “Thanks, I’m good.”
Addie suddenly realized that everyone’s attention was on her. Cash held a finger up to her and then crooked it, pointing at the chair next to him. She noticed that the gorgeous man’s eyebrows rose, and a look of amusement filled his face. The woman who had handed her the hot drink still didn’t look very happy.
Should she go to him? Cash seemed kind of upset and maybe even angry. Perhaps she was better off staying next to Ralen.
Ralen grabbed her hand lightly and gave it a squeeze. “You should go sit by Cash.”
Cash grunted. “Let go.”
Let go? Of what? Of her? Was he upset because she’d gone to Ralen to pat him on the back? That seemed a little strange.
But Addie didn’t want anybody to be upset with her, so she headed back to her seat. Cash placed his arm back around her.
The woman put her hands on her hips and glared down at Cash. “You gonna pee on her, too?”
