He isn’t incompetent

However, just because Myra could not strike against Kris now, it did not mean that she never would. Myra did not see the need to back down after the other girl had provoked her.

A searing pain drew her from her thoughts. She hissed in protest and looked up to meet Tony’s dark gaze. His orbs were a dark, depthless ocean that was devoid of emotion. The pain ebbed away just as quickly and he softened as he tended to her wound.

“You don’t have to bother yourself with this anymore. Just leave everything else to me.” He sounded cool and distant, like he was trying to suppress his anger. Nonetheless, his words warmed her.

Myra watched as he fumbled slightly to treat the wound on her arm. For once, he wasn’t his usual graceful self. Abruptly, she reached out and wrapped an arm around his lean waist, murmuring, “I think it’s time we go public with our relationship, Tony.”

She no longer wanted to brood over or consider what could happen if she disclosed her relationship with him. To hell with t