The Fiction Between Us (Honeywood, #2)

by Julie Olivia

He’d get up for water and come back, but I’d be so engrossed in my book that I wouldn’t realize he was sitting next to me, reading along, until he suddenly said, “Wait, don’t turn the page yet,” only to follow a minute later with, “Okay, I’m ready.”

“I said that a queen deserves respect.” He leans closer, raspy breath tickling my ear as he finishes, “And respect you will receive, Your Majesty.”

“Yeah,” he says with a slow nod. “You make me panic. How are you surprised? I’m a mess for you.”