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“And?”
“And we have come to an agreement. How long are you going to be in the tub?”
She rolled her eyes. “Depends on how long it takes you to tell me about your agreement.”
“She doesn’t want another day off.”
“What?” Jesska frowned. “Why not?”
“It’s complicated, elskan.”
“Did you get all kingy on her?” she accused.
“Kingy?” he asked.
“Yes. All condescending and kingy.”
“I’m her king, sweetheart.”
“Yes, but that doesn’t mean you have be a jerk.”
“Jesska, I’m not having this conversation with you,” he said.
“Why not?”
“Because matters of the Crown do not concern you.”
Jesska forced herself not to swear, her indignation coming out in the form of a hiss.
“Jesska,” he said, sounding irritated.
“I’m sorry, Sire. I was out of line. Again, I apologize. I totally forgot my place.”
“Elskan.”
“I’m going to bed after my bath, Kaspar, so if you’ll excuse me, I have some relaxing to do. Have a great night.” She hung up and dropped the phone on the floor.
Jerk. Big fat jerky, jerk, jerk. Kingly, entitled, big fat jerky jerk, jerk.
Her phone buzzed again but she ignored it and closed her eyes in an effort to relax. She forced her mind to the moments when Kaspar had been an ass in an effort to drown out the many more moments he’d been sweet. There weren’t very many instances where he’d been an ass, and her spiral lasted all of six minutes or so, when she heard a knock on her bathroom door. She squeaked, sitting up and attempting to cover herself, wishing she had bubbles for strategic coverage.
“It’s me, baby. I won’t come in,” Kaspar said.
“What are you doing here?” She craned her neck to see if she could see him. Luckily, the door was still closed. “How did you get in?” she asked. “Never mind. Stupid question. Don’t answer that.”
“You finish your bath and we’ll talk when you get out.”
“Just go back to your room, Kaspar.”
She heard him sigh. “We obviously need to talk, so I’ll wait for you to finish.”
“Well, too bad for you, I’m never getting out of this bath.”
“You’ll get cold and your skin will shrivel, elskan, so you’ll need to dry off at some point.”
“You don’t know my obsession with tubby time, Kaz. I could be here all night.”
He chuckled. “Baby, I’ve been waiting a thousand years for you. You don’t think I can wait out your bath time?”
