The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 82
I did believe that Alexander was very sorry.
But believing the promises he kept making me was not quite as easy.
I asked him for some space after we returned from dinner. He went into his office while I took a long, hot bath full of lavender-scented salts and bubbles.
of him returning, closing his office door behind him and then closing himself into the bathroom. The tub finished draining and the show
I was feeling.
mind would not be quiet now. It kept circli
ut couldn’t?
ven if I could have dragged them
oud of steam. I kept my head set on the pillow. He paced around the room for a minute, but I didn’t look up. Just tugged the chain on my bedside lamp to turn it off a
.
It was very dim in the room, but not pitch dark. He was looking at me, I could see that.
old me tonight?” I asked.
curled onto my side, then hugged his body tightly around mine. His warm hand caressed my shoulder then slid down t
st my neck.
it.
my ear.
and when I woke up in the morning.
rsive.
I wasn’t really capable of hurrying, even though
way to the kitchen when a rich smell of rosemary and onions hit me, and my stomach sta
round his neck and waist over a light linen button-up with the sleeves rolled tight at the elbows, and a dish towel slung over one shoulder.
hat is this?”
ff the fingers of the other.
food.
white rose.
”
lose to tables and desks as I was used to doing.
to the stove and began plating all the food that was steaming and simmering there. I watched with some amazement as he arranged some very pretty plate
sit before digging in, though.
block table nearby, along with the oil-stained towel. “This is all for you.”
lige.
utter, fresh squeezed orange juice. Everything was simple but packed with flavor.
ou think?” he asked a little s
very pleased and very impressed.
surprises.”
th through eating and heading back to our room.
ind some company. We could do whatever you want.”
his question. I was sure Alexander would love to spend the day in bed wit
ay we used to be together so easily. He’d been looking at my body all morning like a starved animal, swallowing hard and dragging his eyes away wit
, my feelings ebout him swinging fest, sometimes, from one extreme to the other like en unstoppeble pendulum.
ing en idee. “He didn’t heve the best dey yesterdey. I’d like to check on him egein.”
lexender pulled my hend to his mouth end kissed it. “I would love to,”
Meybe in like… e couple hours?
fect. I’ll g
my ections end wished I could undo them.
d gone end stirred up the dey before.
o work.
renddeughter,” he seid when he sew me welking into his room. “Whet e lovely surprise.”
g up e tesk beside Gren
t.
I couldn’t decide if thet wes eccepteble or not, kind of wishing he’d teke
der’s fece concernedly when I esked him if he remembered my “husbend.”
, yes. The Big Men.” Then he comicelly pointed et my pregnent belly end commented, “Oh, deer. Thet is going to be e big c
stifling e leugh, helf truly horrified
m eround my shoulders. “Let’s hope the child beers more resemblence to Fione then to me,” he seid.
lly, “Yes, let’s.”
leugh
mind just couldn’t stop questioning this man’s intentions and sincerity, my feelings about him swinging fast, sometimes, from one extreme to the other like an unstoppable pendul
said.
at my watch, thinking about Grandfather’s meal time
ned up.”
ing problems with Alexander – who he liked to call the “Big Man.” It had upset him terribly. I’d been able to shift his mind elsewhere before I’d left him for the day, but
e the bad thoughts I’d gone and stirred up the day before.
k.
walking into his room. “What a lovely surprise.”
a cordial smile.
he blushed instantly, hurried her task and flitted away. But not before pressing her body needlessly close to his as he passed into the room and she sco
kind of reaction from women to understand why it would bother me.
.” Then he comically pointed at my pregnant belly and commented, “Oh, dear. That is going to be a big child.”
idea, which hadn’t occurred to me yet.
ild bears more resemblance to Fiona than to me,” he said.
ing, enthusiastically, “Yes, let’s.”