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Jesska went back to her desk. A few of her coworkers came over to hug her good-bye once the word got out, and without any fanfare, she packed up her desk. She realized into her second box of crap that she didn’t have her car and she’d have to call someone to pick her up, so she grabbed her phone and dialed her brother and then her sister. No one answered.
She really didn’t want to call Austri so soon after him dropping her off, but didn’t know what else to do, so she made the call. Austri was sympathetic to her plight.
“I’ll call his majesty.”
Jesska frowned. “No, Austri, please don’t call him.”
“I must, m’lady.”
“Never mind. I’ll just call my brother again. He can drop me at my car. Don’t worry about it.”
“Wait, m’lady.” A moment of silence. “I’ll be there in five minutes.”
“Thanks, Austri,” she said, and hung up.
Her phone rang and she answered it without looking at her screen. “Hello?”
“What’s wrong?” Kaspar demanded.
“What do you mean?” She bit her lip. “Nothing.”
“Don’t lie to me, elskan. Tell me.”
“Kaz, seriously. I’m okay.”
“But you’re upset. I can feel it.”
Jesska took a deep breath. “I lost my job,” she whispered.
“Oh, baby, I’m sorry. I’ll be right there.”
She shivered when he said ‘baby.’ She liked it far more than she was willing to admit.
“Kaz, it’s okay,” she said. “Really. I’ve already called Austri.”
“I’d like to collect you.”
“There’s no point.” She dumped a photo frame into the box. “You have stuff to do, and I need to figure out a few things.”
He sighed. “All right. I’ll be at the hotel when you get back.”
“I thought you were supposed to be in meetings all day.”
“Já. But I’ll be there when you get there.”
“Kaz,” she said.
“No arguments, sweetheart. I’ll see you when you arrive.”
She couldn’t help a smile. “Bossy.”
He chuckled. “You haven’t begun to see bossy, sweetheart.”
“You don’t scare me.”
“I have to go.” She still heard his smile in his answer. “But I’ll see you when you get there.”
She nodded. “Okay.”
