"I can't believe it was that easy," Liam gasps, wiping tears of laughter from his eyes. He, Marcus, and Evelyn are sitting at a back table in a quiet bar, where Marcus is relaying the details of his set up to the others over mugs of beer."I can," Evelyn says, also wiping her face. "Honestly, they deserve each other.""They do," Liam says. "I'm just in awe that Marcus was able to be so smooth and sneaky about it. With instant results! My man, you truly are a genius." He raises his glass
I make my coffee stronger than usual the morning after my outing with Marcus and Liam, not because I drank too much the night before, but because I waited up half the night for Marcus to call and tell me that he was safely home.I knew I'd seen that man shadowing him all day, and I'm so glad that I decided to speak up. I'd almost convinced myself that I had half-imagined it, but Marcus's call confirmed that I was right."You might've saved my life, Evelyn," he told me seriously.
Charles is about to pack up his briefcase and head from his office back up to his living quarters. He's not looking forward to it, to be frank - Daisy has become more of a nightmare than usual to deal with lately.Her pregnancy is now in its third trimester, and Charles isn't looking forward to the end result of that, either. She's as big as a house, for one thing, no longer the slender, beautiful woman he married when her bump was barely showing.And she nags him all t
"I'm telling you, Elsa, I've had just about enough," Daisy says to her maid, who is really more like her best friend at this point. Elsa started working for Daisy when they were both only 14, and their relationship has grown into some strange but amicable melding of friendship and business.Elsa, who has finished putting away all of Daisy's dry cleaning, has joined her on the couch in Daisy's luxurious private living room. Even Charles isn't allowed in here, and thank god for that. Daisy can't stand how the man has to snoop around and stick his nose into everything.
I'm sitting at my desk in the Alpha's mansion, looking over some of the notes that I made during my last check up appointment with Emmett. Thankfully, his recovery has gone very well, though he still needs even more rest than he did before.Everyone "in the know" is even more protective over him than we used to be. He's also given up his afternoon tea completely, which is sad but understandable. I wonder if the poor man will ever be able to drink tea again.Honestly, it just makes me so
Marcus hesitates outside his mother's office, wondering if he really should open this can of worms. Jeanette has not been particularly approving of Evelyn until very recently, after his father's poisoning.He knows that she values Evelyn as a doctor, but perhaps she will feel differently if she knows that her son just proposed to the woman. Marcus bites his lip, reconsidering."Marcus, are you going to stand out there all day, or are you going to come in?" Jeanette calls from inside. "I
"Ouch!" Brady says from where he's lying on the guest room bed. "Damn it, Doc, is this really necessary?""Is it necessary to stretch your leg muscles while you're laid up post-surgery and can't walk for another four weeks at the least?" I ask drily, raising one eyebrow and staring down at him. "I don't know, Brady, what do you think?""All right, all right," he grumbles. "I'm just saying. Ouch."
"When's the last time you took a day off?" the Alpha asks me as I note his blood pressure down in my chart. I look up at him, surprised."Well, I don't know," I say. "Never, I guess. But I've only been working here a few months, Emmett. In most jobs, that's not enough time to even build up vacation days, much less have had time to take them.""Well, this isn't most other jobs," the Alpha points out, rolling down his shirt sleeve. "For many reasons, not least of which is that you've alrea