Page 114 of Sky’s Edge

“The rest?”

“Yes.” He gave me a squeeze. “That being you admitting you’re falling for me. And both of us committing to taking that further.”

I wrinkled my nose.

He rolled us so he was on top.

“Catla,” he warned.

“Right, so catching you up. Gayle has been in touch. Not much, but we know she’s okay. I don’t think things are going great with her and Cormac. We have a conference comm scheduled to get the lowdown on Sunday.”

“All right.”

“And Mom and Dad aren’t speaking. Because of you.”

“Shit,” he murmured.

“They fight. They make up. Nothing to worry about. Mom’s pretty ticked, though. But she’ll get over it.”

“I didn’t miss she was ticked,” he muttered.

Go Mom!

I decided not to appear (too) smug and kept talking.

“And I have a spa appointment at Monique’s place tomorrow, which I suspect I’m going to have to cancel now.”

“Why?”

My eyes narrowed. “Why?”

“Yes. Why?”

“Because you’re here.”

“I can visit with Aleksei. I can meet with members of the staff at the embassy. I can chill here with Hurley. How long will that take?”

I counted out the treatments I was going to get and said, “Probably around four hours, with travel time there and back.”

“Wait. Four hours?”

He looked shocked.

It was cute.

“Yes.”

“At a spa?”

“Yes.”

“What are they going to do?”

“The works. Mon’s place is pretty popular, but I can comm and see if she can fit you in if you want.”

“Thanks, no.”

“Big, bad male demon doesn’t get a facial?’ I teased.