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“It’s your funeral.”
“Since when are you so worried about her temper?”
“Since I realized she harbored a powder keg of rage under that bitchy, bitter facade. It’s only a matter of time before she blows, and either we will be the recipients of her wrath, or she will do something that will fuck all of our plans to hell and back.”
Theo studied me and shook his head. “What the fuck happened this morning?”
“She made me breakfast,” I stated.
Surprise flashed in his gray eyes, and then he probed, “And?”
“Nothing. I stayed in my corner, and Nerine was in hers. I know her, and she is up to something. Andraius may be a paranoid bastard, but in this case, he is correct to have his suspicions.”
“She’s going to fuck up our plans.”
“Undoubtedly.”
“That’s all we need.” Theo charged toward the library door and, without knocking, turned the knob and walked inside the giant room.
Snuggled on a long couch with a blanket tucked around her and a laptop on a portable desk, Nerine scowled in our direction. “It is rude to enter a room without permission.”
“We ensure your safety. Where you go, we go,” Theo countered.
“You’re such an asshole.”
He shrugged and then waited until I’d entered to shut the door and lock it. Nerine’s eyes widened, and she sat up.
“What are you doing?”
“We need to have a chat.” Theo sat across from her, and I positioned myself in an armchair near the fireplace.
“I said all I needed to say last night. Unless this concerns something pertinent to your work for my warden, get lost.”
Theo leaned forward, resting his arms on his knees. “Well, Angel. It is about our job. You are our job.”
“I’m not your Angel. I’m not your anything,” she voiced through gritted teeth, shifting her body to match his position. “And you can fuck yourself with thinking I’m your job. You’re part of my protection detail. Nothing more. Now, what do you want?”
Before Theo could say anything and escalate the situation further, I interjected, “We need a rundown of your daily and weekly schedules. And starting today, we would like for you to update a shared electronic calendar for activities so we can implement appropriate security protocols.”
Nerine cocked her head to the side and studied me, and I couldn’t help but smirk.
“What? Did you think he was the only one who could use proper English? Just because my assignments weren’t in Europe didn’t mean I spent any less time with the upper crust.”
Nerine’s face grew stern. “That’s right. You left the country to keep me safe. So explain to me how letting another man put a gun to my head and force me to marry him and then fuck me without consent kept me safe?”
The bitterness in her words felt like a kick to the gut. I’d done that. I’d let someone force her into a marriage.
Fuck. I had to get it together. I bitched at Theo for living in his guilt and here I was doing it myself.
“It was that, or you died, along with your mother and sisters.”
“I see. Makes complete sense now.” She tapped her finger to her chin. “So you whored me out to save my family?”
Theo clenched his jaw and shifted slightly, telling me Nerine had hit that trigger point for him. He could remain calm in all things but with her.
He’d goaded her by barging into the library, and now she’d pushed back with her words meant to hurt.
“Don’t you dare talk about yourself like that.” The ire in Theo’s voice would have made most men piss themselves, but Nerine laughed.
