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the role as protector and mediator.
    Radek’s words came out in a rush.  “You know what?  I’m going to go.”
    He was leaving?  No, he couldn’t.  Radek turned and stalked out of the front door, slamming it behind him, causing me to jump.  I knew he was mad that Kai and Lee met him at the door, but he couldn’t just rush out.
    I took a step, but Kai’s hand gripped my elbow.  “Kasi, don’t go out there.  Let him leave.  He’s pissed and I don’t think it’s a smart move.”
    Moving my arm from his grasp, I said, “He would never hurt me.”
    I rushed out of the front door, closing it behind me.  My pilot was pacing in the driveway alongside his truck, raking his hand through his dark brown hair.  I ran to his side to stop him.
    “What are you doing?  Come back inside.”
    His eyes were hard when they met mine.  “You want me to stay?  Why, so you can fuck all three of us?”
    My head went back as if I’d been slapped.  “What makes you believe I want to sleep with all of you?”
    “Well, let’s look at things from my perspective.  I pull up to surprise my girlfriend at the exact time the pizza delivery guy is going through the gate, which I thought worked out well.  I didn’t have to use the intercom to get in, just slipped in behind him quickly.  Then I pay him, half wondering why you would order two pizzas for yourself, but shrugged it off.  That should have been clue number one.
    “Then, I knock on the door only to have two members of a hugely popular rock band, and your ex-lovers mind you, answer the door.  Yet, there are no other cars in the driveway.  I look between them and see luggage in your entryway.  If that wasn’t a kick in the balls enough, you come forward pulling on a fucking shirt like you had to dress quickly to answer the door.  Now, you tell me, how the fuck am I supposed to react to that?”
    He had valid points on everything, but took it all wrong.  I stepped forward which only made him back away from me.  Shit.  “Radek, I can see how this must look to you, but I can explain.  You knew I was going to call them.”
    His fingers raked through his hair again.   “Can you, Kasi?  Call them, yes, not invite them to stay at your house while I was out of town.”
    “No!  That’s not it at all.  I had called Kai to fill him in on everything that happened with Erin and how she was threatening me.  That’s it.  Today I woke to a buzzing at the front gate and I find out Kai and Lee are in the car.  They came in and told me they are staying for a week.  I had no idea they were going to visit, let alone stay with me.  They never told me.  I swear.”
    “So instead of asking them to stay at hotel you order them pizza?” Yes, that’s right, but the thought did cross my mind.  My hole was getting dug faster and faster.  Radek continued, “I’m sorry, I’m not buying any of this.  This doesn’t add up to me.”
    No, he had to believe me.  I was telling the truth.  Couldn’t he see it by looking at my face?  I calmed down and tried to remain level-headed.  We wouldn’t get anywhere if I kept yelling back at him.  “I’m telling you the truth.  I have no reason to lie to you.  If you think for one second I am, then go inside and ask the guys.”
    “What about the other times I was out of town?  Did you invite others over when I was away then?”
    He’d lost his fucking mind.  “Don’t you think if I was inviting people over while you were gone you would know?  Fuck, the paparazzi sat outside of the gate for months!  They surely would have gotten pictures of that.”
    “They haven’t been outside recently.  Who knows what you’ve been doing.”
    “Oh my God.  I’m not cheating on you, you dick!  Holy shit, I told you I was in this with you and completely committed.  That’s where I still stand, but you need to be able to trust me, which I thought you did.”
    “Yeah, well, right now I don’t know what to believe.  I