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“Don’t be dense,” he snapped. My jaw dropped. “You have no right—” He snapped his fingers together. “You wanna talk about this? My office, right now.”

I snickered and mumbled under my breath, “Wearing a black shirt.” Like that was noticeable. I must have spoken too loudly because Dex’s head snapped around to look me in the face. With a one-shoulder shrug, I twisted my body to look out the window. “Just saying. Spray a little Resolve on it and it’s fine. You didn’t need to get your panties in a wad.” Shane snorted.

“Son would skin my balls if I let somebody take advantage of his pretty baby sister.” Oh my mother heifer. As if that wasn’t enough, I swear to Mary and Joseph I felt his bottom lip press to the skin over my right temple. “I like it when you’re all cute and playful,” he added.

Dex let go of my sweater taking a step toward the drunken fart. “You know damn well you don’t come into my shop demandin’ shit, callin’ my girl a bitch.” In the words of a rap song my neighbor used to play on his boombox when I was a kid: Hold up, wait a minute. He closed the distance between them, making me ignore the fact he’d just called me his girl.

“Look, bitch, I don’t have time! Get fucking Dex right now before I—” The arm swiped at my waist from out of nowhere. Way too distracted, I realized it was Dex who had an arm wrapped around me, pulling me to his side. His fingers clenched the material of my cardigan.