Two Kinds of Damned: A Reverse Harem Academy Romance (The True and the Crown Book 2) by May Dawson

Author:May Dawson [Dawson, May]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“So your boyfriend is a real idiot, huh?” His smile is mischievous as he looks at me over the brim of his tea cup. The smile rounds his cheekbones in a way that’s very nice to look at. He’s so familiar, and I can’t quite put my finger on it.

“He is,” I say absently as I study him.

He has mussed blond hair that reminds me of Cax, and there are those cheekbones, and his eyes are a deep, bright blue, sparkling with light. The minute I recognize him, Airren grins and leans back in his chair, as if he understands the look on my face.

He did a rush job, I guess, because that definitely is Cax’s hair, and not Airren’s usual short, spiky black hair. But to anyone who has not studied his face as obsessively as I have, the disguise would be good enough. He’s even patched the scar across his eyebrow, which I miss—it gives his face a roguish bit of character.

“Feel free to eat his food.” I gesture to the plate.

“Thanks.” He shakes his napkin into his lap and cuts across Mycroft’s golden-brown pancakes. “Your man has a sweet tooth despite his rough exterior, huh?”

“He is most definitely not my man,” I say drily. “As the entire restaurant can testify.”

“Maybe it hasn’t been his day,” he says. “Or his year.”

“You don’t have to justify him to me. He’s a big boy, I’m sure he can explain himself if he feels like it.”

“Some men don’t do well talking about their feelings.”

“Some men don’t do well not getting punched in the face.”

The woman at the table across from us leans over and touches my arm. “Good for you, girl.”

I pull back before my thoughts catch up to my reflexes, but I flash a smile her way. I feel the tears drying on my cheeks when I smile. “Thank you. No great loss—look, I found a potential replacement already.”

Airren quirks an eyebrow at me.

The restaurant is so small, with every conversation is overhead. We have to keep our cover.

“So what’s your name, potential boyfriend?” I ask Airren sprightly.

Even if we’re pretending to be two different people, flirting with Airren is comfortable and easy. Maybe it’s more comfortable and easy now than it is when I have to be Tera Donovan.

The couple across from us pays their bill. When the man has opened the gate for her and she has gone out, smoothing her skirt over her legs, I hear her as she steps in close to him.

His hand goes to her lower back, his head dipping down as she not-whispers, “Wasn’t that so romantic? Wouldn’t it be nice if they got married?”

I almost inhale my tea. Hot Early Gray stings my sinuses as I set the cup down with a clatter onto the saucer.

Airren’s grin tugs at the corners of his mouth. “Wouldn’t it be nice?”

“Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I don’t know yet that you’re a nice man.”

“I’m definitely not a nice man.” His voice is a low, sexy growl that does twisty things to my insides.

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