The Villains We Make (Heroes and Villains Duet Book 2) by Natasha Knight

Author:Natasha Knight [Knight, Natasha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-23T00:00:00+00:00

18

OPHELIA

By the time Nigella and I wrap up, it’s evening. I’m tired and wondering where Silas is. He’s been gone all day and each time I tried to call him, the call went right to voicemail.

Now, sitting beside Hamish in the SUV, I swear there’s a more direct route to the house than the one he’s taking. When I ask him about it, though, he tells me there’s traffic.

I’m glad to see when we get to the house that a light is on downstairs and the SUV Silas took earlier is parked on the driveway. I hurry inside, shivering in the cold, cloudy night. The rain of earlier has become snow as the temperatures have dropped, and I watch fat flakes fall. It’s only supposed to be a dusting tonight, though.

“Silas?” I call out, shrugging off my coat and hanging it on the rack by the door. Apart from the light in the living room, the house is dark, and I wonder where he went to work. He doesn’t have an office in Boston, as far as I know.

I head into the living room and find Silas there, crouched in front of the fireplace.

“There you are,” I say. “Didn’t you hear me?”

He pokes a log with the poker and when he looks at me, his forehead is furrowed. I notice he’s still wearing his coat.

“Sorry, no.” He glances at the fire as he straightens, then takes me into his arms. “How did it go with Nigella?”

“Fine. Long.” His coat is still cold and damp from the snow. “Did you just get in?”

He draws back and studies me in the light of the fire. The only other light that’s on is one on a table across the room.

“Yeah, just a few minutes before you did.”

“And you started a fire without even taking off your coat?”

“Nice night for it, don’t you think?” he asks.

“I guess so.”

Hamish clears his throat from the hallway. Silas turns to him.

“Thanks for bringing her home. Take the night off. I’ll see you in the morning.”

Hamish nods. “You know where to find me if you need me sooner,” he says and leaves.

“Are you hungry?” Silas asks, taking off his coat and draping it over the back of a chair.

“I could eat something. You?”

“Starved. Want to go out to get something?”

I shake my head. “Let’s stay in.”

“Good idea. You go into the kitchen and see what Nigella has stocked in the fridge. I’ll make sure the fire is going and get us a bottle of wine.”

“Okay.”

I switch on lights as I go, and Silas tends to the fire. Nigella has stocked the kitchen well, and I take out a whole roasted chicken from the refrigerator. I read the instructions and put it in the oven, then empty a bag of salad into a bowl. Silas walks in carrying not one but two bottles of red wine.

I raise my eyebrows.

He smiles. “Nigella has excellent taste in wine.” He fishes around in two drawers before finding the bottle opener and popping the cork on the first bottle.

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