Moody and the Beast by Kristen Painter

Author:Kristen Painter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sugar Skull Books
Published: 2020-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Robin had a feeling Theodora might not like what he was about to show her, and he completely understood if that was her reaction. He didn’t like it either. Despite that, he’d done nothing about it in all the years he’d lived here.

He led her back to the foyer entrance of his quarters and through the doors opposite the ones that opened into his personal space. He wasn’t sure how many years it had been since he’d entered these other rooms. He knew Mrs. Baton kept the apartment clean, but other than that, he did his best to ignore its contents.

He opened the doors and walked through, Theo at his side. Gone were the deep blues and royal purples that he favored. Instead, these rooms were all about the pale greens and aqua blues that had been the queen’s signature colors. He took a breath, then wished he hadn’t. Her perfume still lingered faintly. “This was Vesta’s side.”

Theo looked around. “The space is gorgeous. I don’t want to like it, but I do.” She made an apologetic face. “Sorry.”

“It’s all right.” He supposed it was very pretty. To him, it just reminded him of her. “She left a lot behind. Anything personal, I assume she took. What’s here is mostly clothing, jewelry, shoes, some knickknacks, cosmetics, things like that. Anyway, I thought maybe some of the clothing might be useful to you.”

Theo’s brows went up. “Are you suggesting that I borrow some of the queen’s things for the dinner party?”

“Absolutely. Why not? She clearly doesn’t care. If any of it meant anything, she would have taken it with her.”

“But these are…the queen’s things.”

“Does that matter? Because it doesn’t matter to me. In fact, I should have thrown all of this out years ago.”

“You would have thrown all of her stuff away?”

“In a heartbeat.”

Her brows crept slightly higher. “Why haven’t you? You obviously have no love for her anymore.”

He snorted. “As if that was even possible.” He surveyed the space. “I guess I’ve left it all because ignoring it was easier. And in the beginning, I might have thought she was going to come back and confess that it was all a bad dream.”

How idiotic he’d been.

He shook his head, disgusted at himself. How had he ever cared for her? “I was so young and so foolish. I should never have trusted her.”

Theo frowned as if it bothered her to see him upset. “Don’t do that to yourself. Yes, you were young, but you were supposed to trust her. She was your wife. And the marriage was intended to bring the two kingdoms together. How were you to know she had other ideas?”

“I guess.” Her concern was like a spring breeze, reminding him that there was still good in the world. He stared at the space before them. “I realize you may have different tastes from Vesta, but do you think you can find something to wear?”

“I’ll have to see what’s left, but I’m sure there will be something I can adapt.

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