“Don’t even try that ‘you’re dismissed’ voice with me,” she said, pointing at him. “Did you do something embarrassing? Is that why you ran away from Ivy like a scared puppy?” “I am not a scared puppy,” he said between clenched teeth. “And I did not—” “So you are avoiding me, eh?” Ivy called from behind them just as Silas reached the threshold of his office. Faltering, he and Kat both turned. Only one of them was smiling. “I really tried to believe I was imagining it, but that tuck-tail-and-run routine back there really sold it,” Ivy continued, books in the crook of one arm as her other hand
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