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MIA POV

I expected him to thank me. That was the least anyone would have done, much less my lover. Well, he wasn’t exactly my lover because Rhys had no atom of love for me, If I asked him to thank or appreciate me for the good will I was doing, he won’t so much as bat an eye, which was exactly what he was doing right now. He won’t even offer a hug, or a kiss.

Oh how I wish to be kissed!

It’s been long, way too long since he kissed me last; since anyone kissed me last. Not even a hug, or a word of compliment. Rhys simply stared at me like I was missing something, and our eyes held for a short while. I would have called it a moment of love, or reckoning, if his phone hadn’t chimed with a notification, breaking the spell.

Rhys jumped back, mildly surprised. Even I was a little surprised and upset. Perhaps if the phone hadn’t rung and broken our spell, he might have kissed me.

Or not.

Rhys picked up his phone, looked at the screen and dropped it back. He didn’t even open the message