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She wasn’t expecting me to ask her about Melvin, which gave me an advantage.

I rapped on the door three times. She opened it a few seconds later, a smile on her face. Her curly hair was wet and she wore a half-open robe that exposed her soft cleavage.

“Hey, you’re early. Come in. I just got out of the shower.”

“We need to talk,” I said, walking in and shutting the door behind me.

“Can you talk in the shower?” she teased, pressing her body against me.

I stepped away.

“Uh oh.” She frowned. “What did I do?”

“I don’t know, Rose. Did you do something?” I crossed my arms over my chest. “Or fail to mention something, rather?”

“What’s this about?”

“Something you’re not telling me.”

“Oh, like those samples in Afghanistan Jahmir asked you about? Or that whole smuggling thing that you were involved in? Not getting that story ruined my career, you know that, right?”

“You seem to be doing pretty good for yourself,” I said, glancing around her living room.

“Not as well as you,” she shot back.

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“You’re living large for someone who recently got out of the military and isn’t working.”

“I saved up money,” I said, dropping my arms.

“That’s what you told me.”

I stepped forward and put my hand on her arm.

She pulled away. “You’ve got a lot of nerve coming in here and lecturing me about honesty.”

“Come on,” I said. “Let’s take that shower. We can talk about it later.”

“I’m already clean. You ruined my mood.”

I took a deep breath, not taking my eyes off her beautiful face. She looked even sexier when angry. “Come on, Rose.”

“You’re not coming on, or in, anything tonight.”

“Oh yeah? Well you’re not the only woman in the world.”

Her lips pressed together tightly as she stared at me. “Are you saying you’re fucking me and other women at the same time?”

“That’s not what I said at all, but you’re one to talk about sleeping with other people.”

“What the hell are you talking about?” she asked, her voice growing louder.

“Why don’t you tell me.”

“Get the hell out of here, Warren. You’re an asshole.” She stormed over to the door and flung it open.

“Whatever. Like I said…”