PERSEFONE POV
By the third time I explained how Ermes had managed to turn my winter garden into his personal f*****g laboratory, I was seriously considering setting the office on fire.
Not a big fire.
Just enough to give everyone a reason to stop talking.
Eden approved, probably because she had spent the last two hours alternating between snarling at my brothers and reminding me that we hadn't finished a very important task in our bedroom.
Apparently, she considered both situations equally offensive.
"And you're telling me Richard was involved from the beginning?" Darius asked.
I stared at him.
He stared back.
I slowly turned toward Aiden.
"Please tell me I haven't imagined answering that exact question twice already."
"Three times, my love."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
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