_Virella’s POV_
Theo called at nine, just like he said he would.
“Same place as before,” he said. “The Velour Grand. I’m already in the lounge.”
“We’ll be changing location. That place isn’t where I want anymore.
I looked at my figure that had been damaged a bit by pregnancy, and I cursed Kaelen for it.
But It didn’t matter anymore. I had gotten what I needed from it.
I drove to the bar and walked into the lounge and found him at a corner table, already two drinks in, watching the door the way he always watched everything with a bored look.
He smiled when he saw me.
“You look good,” he said, standing to pull out my chair.
“You always say that.”
“It’s always true.”
I sat down. The lounge had the low lighting that places like this always had, designed to ma
