CHAPTER 17 – AWE AND TRUCE
“ Why are you here?” Victor asked her in a hoarse voice, looking at her. His eyes lingered over her disheveled appearance.
Liliana had been exhausted when she took to her bed that evening, and she didn’t bother with braiding her hair. Now, she looked thoroughly tumbled, and even though Victor was aware of the multitude of aches pulling at his body — hard to miss those, the male in him still responded to her appearance.
“ I thought I had told you to remain upstairs, ensconced in the walk-in closet with the kids,” he mentioned in a mean voice.
“ I wanted to make sure-“ she began to say, but he interrupted her.
“ What? Did you think you would handle the situation better than I could?”
Liliana shook her head, and the fingers at her neck quivered. She had se
