Page 266 of Safe With You

He was smiling, but his eyes stayed on the picture.

“You took this?”

“Yeah.”

“Of course you did.”

That got his attention. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

I smiled and kept walking.

“Nothing.”

He took the dessert container from my hands before I could stop him.

“What is this anyway?”

“Banana pudding.”

His eyebrows lifted.

“You made it?”

I stared at him.

He laughed. “My bad.”

“You’re not getting any.”

“I already got it.”

“I can take it back.”

“You’re in my house now. Possession is nine-tenths of the law.”

“That is not how that works.”

“It is tonight.”

Before I could argue, Mila came running around the corner.

“Miss Luna!”

I barely had time to brace myself before she wrapped both arms around my waist.

“Hey, Bug.”

The word came easier now.

Maybe because I’d already said it once without thinking.

Maybe because nobody had looked at me like I’d crossed some invisible line when I did.

I hugged her back.

“What were you doing?”

“Helping Daddy cook.”