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sometimes. I liked that he was whipped.
“I don’t know what I’m going to do about Paris,” Aric admitted, causing my shoulders to stiffen. “I can’t kill her. Zoe would never forgive me. She’s got it in her head that we have to help Paris because she owes her. I’m not arguing with her about it. We’re going to help Paris, and that’s the end of it.”
My heart swelled at his words. I should distract him again before breakfast. He clearly deserved a reward.
“That’s not the reason I called,” Aric said, his voice weary. “I called to thank you for sending the team and to ask if you’ll come up here and take a look at this book. I have no idea what I’m looking at. It’s in Latin … and maybe some other language I don’t recognize. You will know how dangerous it is more than I do.”
I tugged a hand through my messy hair, smoothing it so I could distract him the second he walked back into our bedroom.
“Thank you for agreeing to come,” Aric said. “I appreciate it. I have a feeling we’re in over our heads here. You’ll be a calming force in this house. I … um … need you to do something else for me, though.”
Aric listened again. I could practically see him making a face through the door when he growled.
“Yes, you’re always doing me favors,” Aric conceded. “This one is an easy one. I need you to bring that … thing … I have in your safe with you when you come.”
What thing?
“Yes, I’m sure,” Aric said. “It’s been time to tell her for a long time. I know now isn’t the perfect moment, but we might never get that. I want it. I’ll handle the rest when it’s time.”
What the heck was that about?
“Thank you,” Aric said. “We’ll see you tonight.”
Aric was already pulling the door open before I had time to race to the bed and pretend I’d been there the whole time. Aric pulled up short when he saw me, glancing around the bedroom and taking in my naked body with a studied look. “Good morning, Trouble. Were you just eavesdropping?”
“That’s a horrible thing to say,” I said, mustering as much outrage as I could manage in an effort to put him on the defensive. “I had to go to the bathroom. I didn’t know anyone was in there until you walked out.”
Aric narrowed his eyes. “I think you’re lying.”
Crap. “I think you’re casting aspersions on my character when I haven’t earned it,” I countered. That would show him.
“I think it’s cute when you turn our conversations into a scene from one of your romance novels,” Aric said. “I still think you were eavesdropping. It’s okay. I wasn’t saying anything I wouldn’t have said if you were around.”
Except for the part about the “thing.” I didn’t bring that up, though. I was still trying to pretend I hadn’t been eavesdropping. “And who were you talking to?”
“You know very well I was talking to my father,” Aric replied, his gaze pointed. “He’ll be here in time for dinner. That means I’m going to have to run to the store. Are you okay staying here with Paris for an hour while I’m gone?”
“I’ll be fine,” I replied, rolling my eyes. “It’s not as if she’s going to jump me and try to slit my throat while you’re out picking up steaks.”
“I’m getting crab legs, too,” Aric replied. “I thought I would add corn on the cob and potatoes. Do you want anything else?”
This was a rather mundane conversation given the big “thing” that he wasn’t talking about. “That’s fine,” I said. “I … is that all you said to your dad?”
“I thanked him for the cleanup crew and told him you were a total badass,” Aric said, moving past me and dropping a kiss on my forehead. “What do you want for breakfast?”
How did this conversation get away from me? “I was going to distract you again before eating,” I said, finally finding a train of thought to glom onto. “I thought we would distract each other and then eat
“I don’t know what I’m going to do about Paris,” Aric admitted, causing my shoulders to stiffen. “I can’t kill her. Zoe would never forgive me. She’s got it in her head that we have to help Paris because she owes her. I’m not arguing with her about it. We’re going to help Paris, and that’s the end of it.”
My heart swelled at his words. I should distract him again before breakfast. He clearly deserved a reward.
“That’s not the reason I called,” Aric said, his voice weary. “I called to thank you for sending the team and to ask if you’ll come up here and take a look at this book. I have no idea what I’m looking at. It’s in Latin … and maybe some other language I don’t recognize. You will know how dangerous it is more than I do.”
I tugged a hand through my messy hair, smoothing it so I could distract him the second he walked back into our bedroom.
“Thank you for agreeing to come,” Aric said. “I appreciate it. I have a feeling we’re in over our heads here. You’ll be a calming force in this house. I … um … need you to do something else for me, though.”
Aric listened again. I could practically see him making a face through the door when he growled.
“Yes, you’re always doing me favors,” Aric conceded. “This one is an easy one. I need you to bring that … thing … I have in your safe with you when you come.”
What thing?
“Yes, I’m sure,” Aric said. “It’s been time to tell her for a long time. I know now isn’t the perfect moment, but we might never get that. I want it. I’ll handle the rest when it’s time.”
What the heck was that about?
“Thank you,” Aric said. “We’ll see you tonight.”
Aric was already pulling the door open before I had time to race to the bed and pretend I’d been there the whole time. Aric pulled up short when he saw me, glancing around the bedroom and taking in my naked body with a studied look. “Good morning, Trouble. Were you just eavesdropping?”
“That’s a horrible thing to say,” I said, mustering as much outrage as I could manage in an effort to put him on the defensive. “I had to go to the bathroom. I didn’t know anyone was in there until you walked out.”
Aric narrowed his eyes. “I think you’re lying.”
Crap. “I think you’re casting aspersions on my character when I haven’t earned it,” I countered. That would show him.
“I think it’s cute when you turn our conversations into a scene from one of your romance novels,” Aric said. “I still think you were eavesdropping. It’s okay. I wasn’t saying anything I wouldn’t have said if you were around.”
Except for the part about the “thing.” I didn’t bring that up, though. I was still trying to pretend I hadn’t been eavesdropping. “And who were you talking to?”
“You know very well I was talking to my father,” Aric replied, his gaze pointed. “He’ll be here in time for dinner. That means I’m going to have to run to the store. Are you okay staying here with Paris for an hour while I’m gone?”
“I’ll be fine,” I replied, rolling my eyes. “It’s not as if she’s going to jump me and try to slit my throat while you’re out picking up steaks.”
“I’m getting crab legs, too,” Aric replied. “I thought I would add corn on the cob and potatoes. Do you want anything else?”
This was a rather mundane conversation given the big “thing” that he wasn’t talking about. “That’s fine,” I said. “I … is that all you said to your dad?”
“I thanked him for the cleanup crew and told him you were a total badass,” Aric said, moving past me and dropping a kiss on my forehead. “What do you want for breakfast?”
How did this conversation get away from me? “I was going to distract you again before eating,” I said, finally finding a train of thought to glom onto. “I thought we would distract each other and then eat
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