Lady of the Underworld: A Paranormal Romance (Operation Hades Book 1) by Skyler Andra

Author:Skyler Andra [Andra, Skyler]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Autumn

It wasn’t the sex that was getting to me. Or the fact that I’d crossed the line with my new employer. Contrary to what Mr. Bride Price might have to say about things, I wasn’t a total innocent, and everything we had done together was beyond good. Finally, it felt as if a part of myself had come home, like things were falling into place in a way that I’d wanted them to for my entire life.

After my mom had died, I fought darned hard for the life I lived and for everything I had. It wasn’t always easy, and it was not always fun, but it was mine. I wasn’t the type to wait around for a missing part of myself either. Except… maybe I was?

Sometimes when I drifted off to sleep or when I woke up in the morning, I had an ache in my chest that suggested something was missing, something that could strike at the heart of me with a grief that took my breath away. And I wasn’t talking about my mom, either. When I woke up like that, I usually just wrote off the day, did the bare minimum, and went back home to crawl into bed as soon as I could. That deep and dark feeling shadowed me wherever I’d go, and most of the time I could ignore it. But now it was gone, and I wondered if it had anything to do with Hades. Because if it did, I had to find out what it meant and stop it from coming back again.

I snuck a glance at him, watching the amber streetlights flicker across his features, which stole my breath away. But there was more to it than that.

“I like you,” I blurted out.

We both blinked. I hadn’t expected those words to come out of me, and he obviously hadn’t expected me to say them.

“I… I’m glad,” he said after a moment. “I hope that you wouldn’t have done what we did if you didn’t.”

Hah! I liked how old-fashioned he was. There was something old-school romantic and gentlemanly about it.

“I wouldn’t have.” I took a deep breath, swallowed, and forced out the rest of it because I just had to know how he felt. “So… what do you think of me?”

“What?” His forehead pinched.

“Wow,” I muttered with a wince.

Heat stung my cheeks because I wasn’t sure what I expected, but it certainly wasn’t the sharpness on his face. I supposed he was my boss, after all and he shouldn’t be encouraging further interactions. He probably didn’t want a sexual harassment case on his hands or anything getting in the way of restoring order to the Underworld. How did a human sue a god anyway? Go to the Court of Olympus?

I shifted my body to stare out the window, but then Hades pulled the car into a shoulder off the road. The moment he threw the brake on, he reached for me, lightly grasping my chin to turn my head to him.

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