The Mercy of the Mako Shark by Nicole Castle

Author:Nicole Castle [Castle, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-04T07:00:00+00:00

It was only supposed to be a few hours but after one and a half Miko kept hopping up from the sofa in front of Toby's laptop to look out the window and see if he was home yet. Still no response to the message. Still no Toby. And thankfully still no word from Simon.

Three long hours later Toby's car pulled up and Miko hid behind the door, waiting to pounce. It did not occur to him that a game that simply startled Toby months ago when there was very little to be stressed about would now scare him out of his wits, and Toby practically fell to the floor as he cowered from the nude man jumping on top of him.

Miko tried to pull him up but Toby just backed hard into the door and slid down against it, covering his mouth and hyperventilating. “I am sorry I am sorry,” Miko gasped, instinctively holding his hands out to show Toby he wasn't armed. Then he saw Toby's other hand, wrapped in gauze. “What happened to your hand?”

Toby shook his head, just trying to catch his breath before he passed out.

Sitting on the floor as well, Miko felt suddenly quite embarrassed to be stark naked. “You are okay?” Toby shuddered and nodded, closing his eyes before tears could actually fall. Miko moved a little closer, but made no move to touch him again when he wouldn't see it coming. “You hurt your hand?”

“A burn. I'm okay.” Toby rested his head against the door and opened his eyes. “I think you just took ten years off my life.”

“I am sorry,” Miko said again. He would've offered Toby a candy if he had pockets.

Toby started to get back to his feet and Miko clumsily leaped up to help him, guiding him to the sofa and putting his feet up on the coffee table. Toby slumped into the cushions exhausted, shifting his feet away from the laptop that Miko had practically made him kick. “Any response?”

“No.”

“They're probably scared of you. Like you wanted.”

“You are scared of me?” Miko couldn't get Toby's expression out of his head, legitimate fear like after Miko had cut Ophelia's face, and he tried not to think that Toby was about to kick him out.

Reaching for Miko's hand, Toby pulled him onto the sofa. “It's a good thing you're so cute.” He gave him a candy from his own pocket, which Miko instantly devoured. Toby laughed and gave him another one. “Are you okay?”

“I think I owe Simon apology.”

“For what?”

Miko tentatively put his arm around him. “I am an idiot.”

“No you're not. It's not like you knew I burnt my hand.”

“I did know that you are high stress.”

Toby huffed a laugh. “You're lucky I didn't punch you.”

“You would not punch,” Miko said with disbelief. Toby shrugged and looked down at his hands. “How did it happen?”

“Like most burns happen, I touched something hot.”

“You know what I mean.”

“I just wasn't paying attention.”

“You were distracted. You worry about me being distracted—”

“That isn't the same.

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