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“I’ll be eighteen next month!”
Burnett glanced at Lucas. “Why don’t you head back? I’ll see Della home.”
Della rolled her eyes. She didn’t need to be seen home!
Lucas reached for the bill. “I got it,” Burnett said and moved into Lucas’s chair.
Della watched Lucas leave, then faced Burnett. “Your male chauvinist pig is showing again. You might want to suck it in a little bit.”
Burnett’s brows pinched. “What?”
She shook her head. “Lucas has a longer walk to get back to his car than I do to get back to my house. Why didn’t you see him to his car?”
Burnett blinked. “I wanted to talk to you … alone.”
“So that comment about seeing me home was just a ruse? Is that what you’re saying?”
He opened his mouth to answer, then shut it. And she knew why. She heard his accelerated heart rate.
“I thought so.”
“Friggin’ hell. Fine! Kick my ass for wanting to make sure you’re safe.”
“No, kick your ass for thinking I can’t take care of myself. And don’t say it’s because you care. Because you care about him, too. It’s because I’m a girl.”
He raked a palm over his face. “Okay, I’ll admit it. I might be a little more protective of the girls in my life than the guys. Does that make me a male chauvinist pig? I don’t think so. But I can hear Holiday in my head saying it does.”
She smiled in victory. “You should listen to your wife more often.”
His eyes brightened a hue. “I give you permission to call me on it each and every time, but you might as well get used to it. I’m not going to be able to change because I’m not going to stop caring. No more than you or Chase will stop being pains in my ass.”
Della leaned back, respecting his acceptance that she wouldn’t give in. Because hell, yeah, she’d keep … “You’ve seen Chase?” she asked.
