Aton: Dakonian Alien Mail Order Brides #2 (Intergalactic Dating Agency) by Cara Bristol

Author:Cara Bristol [Bristol, Cara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cara Bristol
Published: 2018-10-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Toni

I thought I had it together, but as soon as my sister appeared on the picto-phone, I burst into tears.

“Oh my god, Toni, what’s wrong?”

“A-a-a-ton left. We had a fight,” I sobbed. “I said and did all the wrong things. Now he hates me.”

“Oh, sweetie, I’m sure he doesn’t.” She motioned at Darak who hovered in the background. “I need to speak with my sister,” she whispered before turning her attention back to me. “He went to cool off. That’s what men do. Didn’t you and Phillip ever fight?”

“Phillip and I rarely talked.”

“No Dakonian would abandon his mate,” Darak said.

“Please? Could we be alone?”

He shook his head but then lumbered off.

“What did you fight about?” she asked.

“I can’t tell you. It’s better if you don’t know.” I buried my face in my hands. “I screwed up, Lexi. He surprised me with…with some…information, and I didn’t react well.”

“He doesn’t have another mate, does he?”

“No!”

“Did he get fired?”

“He doesn’t have a job to get fired from.”

“Right. Dakonians are independently wealthy.”

They might have only a set of buckskins to their name, but due to the planet being loaded with illuvian ore, every single Dakonian was filthy rich.

My sister widened her eyes with mock horror. “His mother’s not coming to live with you, is she?”

Despite my anguish, I laughed. “Most mothers aren’t like ours,” I said.

“Thank the Fates!”

Her usage of the Dakonian phrase brought my mind around to my screwup again. “I’d asked him to move in with me, and then we got into a fight. Now, he probably doesn’t want to.”

“Toni, Darak is right. When Dakonions meet their mates, they bond. It’s forever for them. Whatever you did or said you’re afraid might cause him to leave—well, it won’t. He’ll be back, and you’ll work this out.”

“I wish I could believe it. I hurt him, made him believe I cared more about my job than him.” I’d lost perspective for a few moments, become preoccupied by the legally awkward situation his revelation had created, but I’d never considered not being with him.

“All couples argue. Look at it this way—you got your first fight out of the way.”

“What should I do now?”

“Give him a little space. He’ll come back soon on his own. If he doesn’t, then call him.”

“He doesn’t have a phone yet.” I should have set him up with one. With my head in the clouds, practical matters had fallen by the wayside. Maybe this fight had been a wake-up call that we needed to pay attention to practical matters, too.

“Go to his apartment.”

What if he didn’t want to see me? What he slammed the door in my face?

I wished I could confide more in my big sister, but it was better she remained ignorant. I wouldn’t want to implicate her in anything illegal. Besides, when you’ve committed a crime, the fewer people who were aware, the better your odds of getting away with it. The stupidest thing you could do was shoot off your mouth.

With a start, I realized I had decided how to handle this development: do nothing.

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