Payback Is A Bitch by Michael Anderle

Author:Michael Anderle [Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2018-05-13T22:00:00+00:00

14

High Tortuga, Hidden Space Fleet Base, Queen’s Personal Quarters

Michael followed Bethany Anne into their quarters. Once her guard understood he was going with her, they peeled off and went to eat.

“We need to have a discussion,” Michael started, only to have Bethany Anne put up a hand. “Please close the door first.”

He raised an eyebrow but made sure the door was closed before turning back around, eyebrow still raised in a question.

“I don’t want anyone to hear me yell at you,” she explained and sat down on the couch. “It isn’t respectful to you.”

Michael cocked his head. “Ok, where is Bethany Anne, and who am I speaking with?”

She grabbed a pillow from the couch and threw it at him. “Ass. I’ve been off my game a few times. TOM isn’t helping with all the chemicals and shit, and I’m sorry. I’ve tried to give you space, but it isn’t easy during the times I want you next to me—either to cuddle up or punch the very next second. This shit sucks,” she added as she rubbed her stomach; she was starting to show more now. “I’m not happy with my figure, I’m not happy how mother nature made women the childbearing ones, and you look scrumptious and it pisses me off.”

“I’m sorry, what?” Michael sat down next to her, put an arm around her, and offered his side for her to punch if needed.

It was the smallest sacrifice he could make at the moment. It took a lot for him to allow her to hit him without reciprocating. He had spent over a thousand years killing anyone, gender-equal, who touched him.

Now he offered his ribs up as a sacrifice.

This time she leaned into his embrace. “You look too scrumptious and it bugs me.”

“So,” Michael held her tight, “you are saying you are emotional, perhaps unrealistically so due to chemical imbalances while your body is trying to create a new human being.”

Bethany Anne took a moment to parse his sentence. “You’re lucky there wasn’t a dig in there.”

“I’m just clarifying the facts,” Michael replied. “If I had wanted to say something—”

“Don't. You. Dare.” She chuckled. “I can always pull your heart out.”

Michael kissed the top of her head. “Sweetheart, you do that every time you are mad at me.”

He didn’t realize until he felt the tears soak his shirt that her quietness was due to her silently crying. “What did I say?”

She wiped her face. “I’m sorry. Just…” She kissed him on the cheek. “I’m sorry.”

He started to object, but Bethany Anne put her fingers over his lips. “Don’t go there. Just accept my apology and let me know why you thought we should talk.”

He nodded and she pulled her fingers off. “I was wondering if you had thought of any names yet?” He smiled.

“Jessica?” she offered, then leaned back into him and rubbed his chest. “James Michael?”

She felt him chuckle. “I think we have enough Michaels in this family. I’m okay not using it, but I appreciate the offer. So, do you want a Jessica Bethany?”

“Oh, hell no.

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