Spouse:Guard 3 will remain outside your office.
I really needed to change the preprogrammed contact he’d added for himself. I snickered as I changed it.
Me:Trust issues?
Ball & Chain:Security.
Me:Sure.
I did well, considering I almost typed dickhead.
Now to listen to Anji’s screams and demands for four months’worth of gossip.
The guard held the door open, and I nodded. There was no way I was talking to this one—not after last time.
I almost raced up the stairs, then remembered the babies.
It was worth it.
When I slipped into the office, Anji was sitting in my chair with her back to me. Her dark hair was twisted into a bun. She was on the phone—possibly with the accountant. It sounded like a positive call about the company’s year-end figures.
“Ugh,” she said when she hung up.
“I know, right?” I said.
Her chair spun around—and I’m not ashamed to say we both burst into tears.
I like her, Bouda murmured.
Now my life felt whole again.
Chapter 41
Blaidd
I scratched my head and adjusted the laptop screen. She seemed excited about returning to work this morning. Wasn’t Lielit supposed to be happy?
Are they happy or sad?I asked Fenrir.
How did we survive for thirty-seven years?
How is this normal? Crying, laughing, hugging, jumping—and then crying again. Don’t pretend you understood humans all those years.
The woman let out a high-pitched scream when Lielit took off her blazer. Anji bent over and screamed at my children.
Never mind, I said, shutting the laptop.
I’d never understand these people. My tolerance only extended to Lielit, and somehow that was okay. I could do this whole daddy thing.
You want our mate to call you Daddy?Fenrir snickered.
I preferred you before she neutered you.
He laughed louder.
I blanked him and went to brew my coffee. When I opened the fridge, I sighed and began turning all the bottles and cartons around.
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