149-Moaning In The Study

"Don't answer it." Brent saw her turn back to displease and clamped her jaw down like a vulture's sharp claws on a bird trapped in a cage. hermosa let out a momentary yelp of pain as he choked her into immobility.

"Sir, it hurts."

"You're supposed to concentrate when you're in my arms aren't you?"

"The phone... The phone's ringing."

"Don't mind him."

"Just in case, just in case it's a hospital thing..."

Hermosa's eyes reddened at his pinch. Seeing the person in his arms with tears in her eyes, Brent subconsciously realized that he had moved too roughly. He froze for a moment and let go of Hermosa's face.

"I'm sorry... I was again..."

Just as Brent was reeling from the atmosphere he had just experienced, Hermosa's phone rang again at a very inopportune state. There was a silence, and Brent looked away unnaturally into the dimly lit corner of the room.

"Go and answer the phone."

"Yeah."

Hermosa bustled over to pick up the phone. But when she saw the caller ID on the screen, her eyes dod