“That’s not fair, Mischa, and you know it,” Anthony sighed. “Christy was injured, had surgical intervention and was unconscious. No Mate leaves their Mate in the hospital to recover on their own.”
She raised an eyebrow at him even as she watched it dawn on him just what he was saying, and that he had done that in fact to Mischa herself. She shook her head. He could have used being in the hospital with Mischa as a way to not mate Christy and give her a break, but he’d not.
“Hmm, is that so…”
“Mischa, don’t.” he cut her off. “The circumstances were very different then to now,” he stated.
She dropped it. What did it matter anyway? “Fine,” she stated. “On the topic of the gala, I worked three hours last night, plus the drive there and back. So that’s five hours of overtime that I’ve not ac
