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“If you improve your game anymore, I might die,” she muttered thinking about the shower that morning.
He smiled and it was such a beautiful sight that she sighed.
“You’re so beautiful,” she told him.
“That’s my line, sweet girl. And you’re the beautiful one. Have you been using your laptop?”
She let out a squeal and jumped against him again. This time, he lifted her up into the air so she could wrap her legs and arms around him.
Maybe he just needed some training in . . . well, in how to live with Jilly.
Hmm. That was it. She had to train her king.
“Thank you so much! I went looking for you earlier to say thank you, but you’d left. Without saying goodbye.”
Regent frowned slightly. “Were you upset about that?”
Well, she had been. But it seemed silly now.
“It doesn’t matter.”
“It does if it upsets you, baby. I’ll try not to leave without saying goodbye again. But it’s not always possible. Sometimes I have to leave abruptly.”
“Is everything all right?”
He sighed, looking tired as he sat with her on his lap. “I’m not sure and that bothers me. There seems to be more fires than ever to put out and I don’t think it’s a coincidence.”
“I don’t understand anything you just said.”
“Good.”
Good? How could that be good? Shouldn’t she know what was going on with him so she could support him as necessary?
“How is that good? Don’t you want my help?” she asked.
“I want you to be as worry-free as possible. You’ve already had enough stress in your life. It’s time to let me shoulder everything and for you to live worry-free.”
That sounded so nice.
But also so wrong.
How could she be happy and worry-free when he was weighed down by the weight of the world?
“I know I can come across as . . . flighty or perhaps absent-minded. I’m often stuck in my own brain, thinking about otherthings. But that doesn’t mean I can’t handle what’s going on. I should be here for you to sound off, to help you.”
“You want to help me?” he asked.
“Yes.”
“You can help me best by staying safe and doing as I say.”
“That wasn’t exactly what I meant,” she grumbled.
He brushed her hair back. “No, but it’s what I need. You know that what I do isn’t on the right side of the law.”
She bit her lip. “I know. It’s not like I didn’t grow up in that world. I’m not ignorant.”
“I didn’t mean to imply that you were. But what you are is innocent. However, if I tell you what is going on, you become an accessory. You could be questioned, used against me. You could be harmed. Do you know what would happen if you were harmed, sweet baby?”
