“What did you just say?” Aaron was not smiling and from his stance, he was poised for a fight.

“I said that I love Katherina.” Baron repeated, his brow raised challengingly.

“Are you trying to annoy me right now?” Aaron stood. Baron followed suit.

“He’s joking.” I quickly stood to get to their middle before they did worse than they had done to themselves before.

“No, I’m not. I love you.” He repeated.

“What?!” I swallowed. Blinked a ...