Chapter 16

“I did not!” I say, laughing.

Ducking his head out into the other room, Kyle assures her, “I’m teasing. He says thanks for letting him stay. Don’t look at me like that. He says he’ll treat for dinner. Want to order a pizza? Maybe Chinese?”

She must shake her head or nod, something like that, because I don’t hear her response, but a few seconds later, Kyle is back, all smiles. “You did mention something about owing me dinner, right?”

With a shrug, I say, “Sure. What do you have in mind?”

“There’s this great little place called Nanking,” he tells me. “Best Chinese around, and they deliver. What do you say?”

“As long as I don’t have to sleep with her.” I keep my voice down and nod at the door, my meaning clear.

Kyle laughs. “Yeah, no. She’d kill us both.”

It isn’t exactly an invitation to hop into his bed again tonight, but it’s a start. “Then where’s the menu? I’m starving.”

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