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This was a home.
The energy here welcomed a soul.
A pang hit my heart and reminded me of what I’d once felt in the Angelos compound. Those times were long over.
A few seconds later, we stopped outside two thick wooden doors.
“Gentlemen, you are not permitted inside the room.” Stevie crossed her arms across her chest in a no-nonsense stance.
“We go where she goes,” Xander challenged.
The firm set of his jaw screamed he had no plan to budge on his assignment.
“Wrong. Mrs. Angelos is a guest in the Drakos home. Nyx wants a private afternoon with her friend. She will get a private afternoon.”
Theo moved to stand between me and the door, his granite-like stance blocking my way into the room. “As Mr. Onassis stated. We go where Mrs. Angelos goes.”
Irritation coursed through me. This whole situation was stupid.
I shoved Theo out of my way. “What the hell is going to happen to me here?”
“You are our priority. Those are our orders.”
“Orders? Andraius is jizzing himself right now that I’m here.”
“I do not believe he would find that language appropriate.” Xander’s chiding tone had me ready to deck him.
What he couldn’t say was he hated that word—always had, especially when I said it.
What had he expected when I fell for two enforcers and hung out with their crew? I could be as raunchy as the rest of them.
“I’m his wife, not his child. Get a grip or get lost.”
Stevie moved toward me. “They can sit outside if that makes them more comfortable.”
With an icy glare, I shot back, “No, they can’t. I want privacy as well. So go have a cookie or something in the kitchen.”
“A cookie?” Theo’s eyes narrowed menacingly, and he stepped in my direction. “I swear to God, Ne?—”
He cut himself off, pausing his movement, and clenched his jaw, realizing we had an audience. I’d made him break his calm iceman demeanor.
I lifted a challenging brow and taunted, “You were saying?”
Xander stepped between Theo and me. “Go play with your plants. We will occupy ourselves for the next few hours.”
He glanced at Stevie, who showed him four fingers in a silent response, conveying the number of hours for the lesson.
“We will see you at six o’clock sharp,” he said gruffly before turning and striding away with Theo on his heels.
A throat cleared, and my attention shifted toward the solarium. Leaning against one open door, I found Nyx. A tight bun sat atop her head, and she wore a fitted tank top with slim workout pants.
The curious expression on her face told me she’d heard part of the exchange I’d had with Xander and Theo.
She confirmed it when she lifted a brow and said, “Something tells me those two were much more than bodyguards in your former life. Hmm?”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m a cold-hearted bitch, or haven’t you heard the complaints my husband likes to spread about me?”
Nyx gestured for me to enter the room. “Sometimes, the only armor a woman has is her cutting tongue and slicing personality. So I’m going to teach you another way to protect yourself.”
