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“That’d we’d try to do better!”
“Don’t you dare yell at me,” I retort, putting my hands on my hips.
“And then you go off and do something like this. In public!”
“No, you whispered sweet nothings with no intention of making any changes.”
He shakes his head. “Are you doing this on purpose?”
“Doing what?”
“What if you had been caught, Anya?”
It wasn’t like me to act out. I typically err on the side of caution, but this big bastard has me acting like a lunatic.
“She was saying—”
“I don’t care what she said, Anya. What do you have to prove to her?”
“I wasn’t going to just stand by and let her disrespect me, Nico.”
Nico shakes his head and lets out a breath.
“What wereyoueven doing up here, Nico? Were you answering her note?”
I know I don’t have anything to worry about, but I’m too riled up to care.
He closes his eyes before letting out a strangled sigh.
“Don’t turn this around on me. I was coming up here to tell her to back off.”
“I don’t really care, Nico.”
Knowing I was being unreasonable, Ididask.
“That’s just the problem!” he yells.
I flinch back. “What the hell is that supposed to mean?”
He pinches his fingers together with both hands this time. “You don’t care!”
“How can you say that? Of course I do! I care aboutyou, not those pointless interviews or these draining parties! But I do them anyway despite the fact that they don’t do anything forusexcept cause contention!”
“What about our family? I’m asking you—”
“That’s the thing, Nico! It’s all about you. You! You! You! Whatyouwant, whatyourfamily wants, howtheyfeel!”
“Do you even hear yourself?”
“I’m your family, too, Nico, in case you forgot!”
“Oh, how could Ieverforget? My whole fucking life revolves around the Triad princess since you came into it!”
“Well,sorrrryyy. Didn’t mean to be such a burden afteryouaskedmeto marry you!”
“Don’t you forget,wife. You agreed to this, too.”
Maybe I was a little spoiled and naive to think I’d always come first. In this world, sacrifices are always made. It didn’t occur to me how much would change once we got back.
