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“No, Jesska, we’re going to talk.”
“There’s no point in talking.”
He caught up to her and grabbed her arm, turning her gently to face him. “We’re going to talk. Whether you want to or not. Neither of us is going to sleep until this is resolved.”
She frowned up at him. “Well, until you’re no longer all kingy and shit, this can’t be resolved.”
Kaspar smiled, squeezing her arms. “I have been king for half a millennium. I don’t know how to be anything less than kingy...” He laid a finger over her mouth to stop her retort. “But, I will try to be more sensitive to my staff and listen when you have important things to tell me.”
She wrinkled her nose, pressing her lips together in a thin line.
“I will also try to listen even when you don’t have important things to say.”
She gasped. “Are you trying to tell me that you think my words aren’t important?”
At his sarcastic smile, she huffed and bit back her own smile.
“I think everything you have to say is important, sweetheart. But sometimes, I need to hear what you have to say when we’re alone... not in front of my staff.”
“I have never contradicted you in front of anyone.”
He raised an eyebrow.
“Okay, one time... maybe. And only in front of Austri.” She played with a button on his soft Henley T-shirt. “But in fairness, he’s always around.”
Kaspar smiled. “And that will change, I promise. We need to find out who and what the threat is first.”
“I know.” She sighed. “I’m sorry I was a shrew. I know I have a lot to learn about your life and how you do things and that I can’t expect to be part of every decision, it’s just really weird for me. I’m a normal American girl, and we tend to speak our mind. Well, I do, at least.”
He smiled. “And I love that about you, elskan. We’ll figure it out, it’ll just take some time.”
“Okay,” she said with a smile.
“I have news.”
“That sounds ominous.”
Kaspar led her to the sofa and pulled her down onto his lap. “Cameron and I have been discussing Jason.”
“How long have you been ‘discussing’ him?”
“Since the day he showed up at your house,” Kaspar said.
“Of course you have.” Jesska narrowed her eyes. “So, what does Cameron say?”
“Jason is back in jail... not prison... county jail for now.”
“Do I need to be a witness again?”
“I believe a statement will suffice, since he’s confessed.”
“What?” She gasped. “Confessed to what, exactly?”
“The letter and the threat when he came to your house. He also confessed to stabbing Seth.”
“Out loud? Like, told them in words what he did?”
“Yes, baby.”
