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“Not what I meant.”
Kitty sighed. “What do you have against Jace?”
“He’s not good enough for you,” Bastien said.
“I get to decide that.” She punched him in the arm. “Not you.”
“I hope you hurt your hand.”
Kitty stopped mid-shaking her hand out. “It was like hitting Jell-O.”
Bastien didn’t work out two hours a day for arms of Jell-O. He sniffed. “I don’t trust him.”
“You don’t trust anyone since Gina.”
That was true.
Kitty blew on her hands to keep them warm. Bastien put the heater on High.
“He’s not like her,” she said. “Sure, he can be a little immature and he avoids confrontation, but he loves me.”
“Are you sure?”
She nodded. “I am. I wouldn’t be putting myself through the wedding of the century planning if I didn’t want to marry him. It would mean the world to me if you two could get along.”
“I know. I’m trying. I organized the bachelor party, didn’t I?”
“Yeah, you did good,” she said. “You and Mikelina.” Kitty singsonged her name. “I want you to send me a picture of her.”
“Why?” Bastien said.
“I want to see if she’s as pretty as her name.”
“I’m not sure why that matters.”
“It matters because this is the first time you’ve shown an interest in someone since Gina, Queen of the Casinos.”
Bastien sighed. “I’m not looking for romance. I’m looking to show your fiancé a good time in South Beach. You don’t have to worry, though. I’ll keep an eye on him. You saw the schedule. No strip clubs. No nonsense.”
“Careful, it’s not no fun.” Kitty laughed. “Go easy on the rules. I’m going to have a stripper at my party.”
“I do not need to know that.” Bastien shook his head to clear that image away about his baby sister.
“Do you know the difference between male and female strippers?”
“I am aware of the differences, yes. I did pass biology in high school.”
“That’s not what I meant. Guys aren’t allowed to touch the dancers, right?”
“So I’ve been told.”
“Uh-huh, well, it’s expected and encouraged for the women to fondle the dancers.”
He was going to need brain bleach. “And Jace is all right with the fondling?”
“We didn’t discuss it. But what happens in Vail is going to stay off of social media, that’s for damned sure.”
“If you want to touch other guys, why are you getting married to Jace?” This wasn’t how the conversation to talk her out of getting married was supposed to go, but in for a penny...
