"Still homeless?" Myles gave Gavin a pointed look. "Making your apprentice sleep on the streets, are you? That's too cruel."
Not realizing at first that the cook was playing with him, Gavin gaped before hurrying to protest, "She can stay here if she wants! I mean, I assumed--I'm not tossing her out on the--!"
Myles's laugh cut him off, and he flushed deeply as he realized he was being teased. "Oh, you're too easy," the other man chuckled. With a wink for Vels, he said in a stage whisper, "Try not to take advantage too much, lass, the poor man looks as though he might have a heart attack if you tease too much."