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something about him. Strong features, sexily messy brown-black hair and big navy-blue eyes. “Is Kamryn all right? What’s happened?”
“She’s in the taxi. I had to come here. I tell you”—I poked him in his chest—“if you hurt my friend, I kill you. You treat her right or I kill you. No messing.” I added another poke for good measure. “Proper, proper kill you.”
He didn’t say anything but even in my drunken state I could tell he didn’t believe me.
“I’m serious,” I reassured him, just as the heel of my left shoe slid off the step…For the longest microsecond of my life I was falling, then Nate’s strong hands were on my forearms and he was hauling me inside. My legs had turned to rubber so he had to practically carry me to the lounge doorway. He grabbed his wallet from the side. “Wait here,” he ordered and disappeared outside. He returned a few minutes later followed by an extremely pissed-off Kamryn. I’d graduated from standing in the lounge doorway to lying in the middle of the floor. My legs had stopped supporting me around the same time Nate had gone outside.
Kamryn stalked across the room, threw herself into one of the armchairs and sat glaring at me.
“I’m so pleased to see you both,” Nate said pleasantly. He even sounded as though he meant it. He was obviously a man of even temperament—I certainly wouldn’t be pleasant if someone came round to my house in the small hours and started threatening me.
“You owe Nathaniel for the taxi,” Kamryn said, her arms tightly folded across her chest.
“I had to tell Nate to treat you proper,” I explained to Kam. “Or I would kill him.”
“You got that message across,” Nate reassured. “Thank you, it’s always good to know someone will murder you if you offend them or their kin.”
“You should have seen how many men tried it on with sexy Kamryn tonight,” I said to Nate. “All the men in the club were after her. You’re not her only option, you know. This really good-looking one, he put his hand on her bum.”
Nate’s eyes hardened and he fixed that granite-like gaze on Kamryn as jealousy crept over his features—he wasn’t
that
even tempered.
“No, no, but she didn’t do anything,” I said quickly. “He tried to kiss her and everything, but she said, ‘Nooooo, I’ve got a boyfriend.’”
“Del…” Kam threatened.
Nate turned to me. “She said that?”
“Oh yes. She said, ‘I’ve got a new boyfriend, he’s called Nate and he’s so sexy, I really love him.’” I pointed at him.
“She loves you, she loves you.”
“Del! Shut up!” Kam said, outraged.
“She loves you, she loves you.”
Kam leapt up out of her chair, stepped forward but wobbled on the unfamiliar heels and fell flat on her face.
“Look, Nate, she’s fallen for you!” I shrieked.
Nate laughed quietly. Kam crawled determinedly forward on her hands and knees toward me.
“She thinks you’re so lovely,” I shouted before she got to me. “She said you’re so funny and sexy. And you’ve got the biggest…” Kam’s hand covered my mouth but I carried on speaking, “Kenis. Hoove kot se geegest kenis ever!”
“SHUT UP!” Kam screeched, then she was on top of me, tickling me with hard, angry digs in the ribs to quiet me. I yelled out for mercy as I fought her off. After a few seconds, Nate came over to us and hauled Kam off me.
“Enough!” he decreed, holding back my angry best friend.
“Kam, I know Adele’s making it all up—I’ve accepted that it’s illegal for you to say anything nice about me. And, Adele, thanks for trying but I’ve got a pretty good idea of how Kam feels about me, so don’t try to make me feel better. Besides, you don’t want to piss off someone you share a flat with, not on my account.”
I pushed my lips together, made a zipping motion across them, then clamped my hands over my mouth. Kam had stopped fighting in Nate’s arms and was staring at him. I think what he said had
“She’s in the taxi. I had to come here. I tell you”—I poked him in his chest—“if you hurt my friend, I kill you. You treat her right or I kill you. No messing.” I added another poke for good measure. “Proper, proper kill you.”
He didn’t say anything but even in my drunken state I could tell he didn’t believe me.
“I’m serious,” I reassured him, just as the heel of my left shoe slid off the step…For the longest microsecond of my life I was falling, then Nate’s strong hands were on my forearms and he was hauling me inside. My legs had turned to rubber so he had to practically carry me to the lounge doorway. He grabbed his wallet from the side. “Wait here,” he ordered and disappeared outside. He returned a few minutes later followed by an extremely pissed-off Kamryn. I’d graduated from standing in the lounge doorway to lying in the middle of the floor. My legs had stopped supporting me around the same time Nate had gone outside.
Kamryn stalked across the room, threw herself into one of the armchairs and sat glaring at me.
“I’m so pleased to see you both,” Nate said pleasantly. He even sounded as though he meant it. He was obviously a man of even temperament—I certainly wouldn’t be pleasant if someone came round to my house in the small hours and started threatening me.
“You owe Nathaniel for the taxi,” Kamryn said, her arms tightly folded across her chest.
“I had to tell Nate to treat you proper,” I explained to Kam. “Or I would kill him.”
“You got that message across,” Nate reassured. “Thank you, it’s always good to know someone will murder you if you offend them or their kin.”
“You should have seen how many men tried it on with sexy Kamryn tonight,” I said to Nate. “All the men in the club were after her. You’re not her only option, you know. This really good-looking one, he put his hand on her bum.”
Nate’s eyes hardened and he fixed that granite-like gaze on Kamryn as jealousy crept over his features—he wasn’t
that
even tempered.
“No, no, but she didn’t do anything,” I said quickly. “He tried to kiss her and everything, but she said, ‘Nooooo, I’ve got a boyfriend.’”
“Del…” Kam threatened.
Nate turned to me. “She said that?”
“Oh yes. She said, ‘I’ve got a new boyfriend, he’s called Nate and he’s so sexy, I really love him.’” I pointed at him.
“She loves you, she loves you.”
“Del! Shut up!” Kam said, outraged.
“She loves you, she loves you.”
Kam leapt up out of her chair, stepped forward but wobbled on the unfamiliar heels and fell flat on her face.
“Look, Nate, she’s fallen for you!” I shrieked.
Nate laughed quietly. Kam crawled determinedly forward on her hands and knees toward me.
“She thinks you’re so lovely,” I shouted before she got to me. “She said you’re so funny and sexy. And you’ve got the biggest…” Kam’s hand covered my mouth but I carried on speaking, “Kenis. Hoove kot se geegest kenis ever!”
“SHUT UP!” Kam screeched, then she was on top of me, tickling me with hard, angry digs in the ribs to quiet me. I yelled out for mercy as I fought her off. After a few seconds, Nate came over to us and hauled Kam off me.
“Enough!” he decreed, holding back my angry best friend.
“Kam, I know Adele’s making it all up—I’ve accepted that it’s illegal for you to say anything nice about me. And, Adele, thanks for trying but I’ve got a pretty good idea of how Kam feels about me, so don’t try to make me feel better. Besides, you don’t want to piss off someone you share a flat with, not on my account.”
I pushed my lips together, made a zipping motion across them, then clamped my hands over my mouth. Kam had stopped fighting in Nate’s arms and was staring at him. I think what he said had
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