PROFESSOR BLACK (ZED) POV
My pen scraped across the last document as I signed it, pushing the file aside. My office at home was unusually quiet….too quiet….but that’s how I liked it when working. My PA had left a few minutes ago, and I was finally breathing again.
My mind drifted….uninvited…back to Amara and her endless morning nagging.
The way she hissed. The way she frowned.
The way she stomped her feet like an angry kitten.
A smile crept onto my face before I could stop it.
But the moment my phone vibrated and I saw the caller ID, my smile vanished like smoke.
My jaw clenched. My fist clenched.
His name.
Of all people.
What the hell was he planning this time?
I groaned and picked the call, already irritated.
“What do you want?”
His voice came low, cocky, dripping with amuse
