THE ROOM WAS QUIET after Alaric and Reese finished their steamy session. The sheets were tangled around their legs with their skin still warm from intimacy. Reese lay half on top of her husband, her cheek resting against his chest. His arm was wrapped around her waist, and his fingers were absentmindedly tracing slow circles along her bare back.
Madilim ang kwarto, kaya naman hindi suot ni Reese ang kaniyang maskara at wala na ring suot na blindfold.
“You’re ignoring me,” sabi ni Alaric. “Was it because your brother was the one who designed the AEGIS-535?”
Reese’s fingers stilled against his chest. Dahan-dahan siyang nag-angat ng tingin. “You already know about it?”
Tumango si Alaric. “Yes,” he answered but there was no accusation in his voice. “Pero hindi makitid ang utak ko. And
