His Ward by Lena Matthews

Author:Lena Matthews [Matthews, Lena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary I/R
Publisher: Loose Id LLC
Published: 2014-09-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Misha was in complete shock, and he was also in unfamiliar territory for him. He was scared. Not that he would ever admit to that part, but he really was afraid he would say or do something to send her scurrying even farther away from him. His uncertainty and fear left him with only one reply: “Hi.” It wasn’t Shakespeare, but it was a start. “You’re looking well.”

She scoffed and rolled her eyes in her very Tionne-like way. “Please, I just woke up. ‘Well’ is the last thing I look.”

True, in her present form, the cover she would grace would be a catalog for a mattress company, but she did look truly rested, as well as inviting. An invitation he could not accept, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t admire her beauty. “Then we’ll just have to agree to disagree, because, as always, I think you look beautiful.”

“Trying to sweet talk your way back into my good graces?”

“I wasn’t aware I needed to. Are you still so very angry with me, moja draga?”

“No,” she said gently. “Not even a little.”

His face softened, and the tension he hadn’t even been aware of eased from his shoulders, freeing him at last. “That pleases me. I don’t like it when we are at odds.”

“Unfortunately, it can’t always be cupcakes and fluffy unicorns.”

“If only it could.”

She sighed comically. “Things would be oh so much better.”

“Very true.”

“Are you being careful and getting enough rest?”

“Yes,” he answered quickly, but she immediately saw through his subterfuge.

“Lies,” she admonished softly. “You look tired.”

Misha ran a hand over his face, then smiled warily into the camera. There was no need to bullshit a bullshitter. “If I knew I was going to be entertaining, I would have been more presentable. Regrettably for you, you’re not receiving me at my best.”

“Oh please,” she scoffed. “You’re gorgeous, and you know it.”

“I don’t feel it.” He laughed, secretly pleased that she thought so, though. “But I’ll take the compliment anyway. Now, less talking about me and more talking about you. What have you been up to?”

“Hold on for a second.” Tionne placed her tablet on the nightstand next to her. From the angle of the camera, he couldn’t really see what she was doing, but after a minute or so, she grabbed the tablet again and brought it closer to her. Tionne had gone from sitting to lying down under the covers. From the way the tablet was positioned, it looked as if it was leaning back against another pillow, giving him the false sense he was there beside her. In her bed. Ending his day the way he could only dream. With her. Getting a little glimpse of what the reality would look like was more painful than he could have ever imagined, because it only reminded him of what he couldn’t have. “Comfy,” he finally choked out once it seemed she was settled in.

“Very.” She smiled innocently, probably completely unaware of the war she incited inside him. “Now, where were

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