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As he spoke toAllain,Inoted again how entirely comfortable he was here.
This was his space.Hisplace in the world.Hishome.
And now, for the first time,Irealized it also was mine.Italways had been.
Since the dayIwas born.
I went to the window and peered out to the view of the outer gardens (no less formal, or spectacular, than the courtyard) and the sparklingDolphinSeabeyond.
I was home here.
I was home at the penthouse.
I was just home.
BecauseIwasAleksei’s.
AndAlekseiwas mine.
Chapter31
Clouds
The next afternoon,Ifound myself a thirty-year-old female in the middle of a hand slapping fight.
“Laura,”Lancetsnapped, planting his hands on his hips. “Youpromised.AndmayIremind you, you don’t have time for this.”
He was right.Idid promise, andIdidn’t ever have time for a bitch slapping fight.Especiallyright now.
I was running late.Notsuper late, but for what was planned this afternoon, any late was too late.
But in my defense,Lancetwas making a big drama about this, and my anxiety was on overload.
“Then let me do it,”Itried.
“Do you not trust my vision?” he demanded, pulling out the big guns.
Gah!
I reclined on the killer-cool curve of the chaise in my closet and pouted.
Understanding his victory,Isaw his smirk, and for my sanity,Iignored his smirk.Ithen heard the beeping asLancetentered the settings before he put the cosme-mask on my face.
More beeping and a, “Situp,” order fromLancet.Isat up and the mane-mate hood was slipped over my hair.
I felt the patting, buffing and brushing on my face, and the tugging and twisting on my scalp.
“I cannot believe you live here,”Lancetsaid. “Thisplace is so mega, it defines a whole new level of mega.”
I couldn’t speak, because you couldn’t move your face when the cosme-mask was at work.Theresults were always horrifying.
But he wasn’t wrong, soIgave him a thumbs up.
“AndIcan’t believePrinceAlekseiis your mate,”Lancetcontinued. “He’sso mega, it isn’t a redefinition of it.Therehasn’t been a word invented yet to define how mega he is.”
He was so right about that,Igave him two thumbs up.
“I also can’t believe you are imminently going to announce your engagement,” he went on. “Andlast,Ican’t believe you don’t have your ring yet!”
