Inside the bedroom, Inara seated herself on the bed, her legs resting on the floor as she waited for Lemuel’s call with anticipation and curiosity.
She had dimmed the light and was in a pair of new blue tee-shirt pajamas he had bought for her the last time he had taken her shopping.
As she waited for his call, she thought about how he could be so unpredictable. It seemed like he was constantly keeping her on her toes.
Her phone vibrated beside her on the bed and she blushed upon seeing his name flash across the screen. She didn’t waste time picking the phone up and bringing it up to her ear.
“Hello.” she said, her voice low and laced with keenness.
“Is my baby girl right where I want her to be?”
Inara couldn’t hold back the sharp breath that entered her nostrils. That deep voice of h
