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up her hair. “I won’t go anywhere.”
    “So.” Annalise cleared her throat. “How’s work?”
    “Shouldn’t you say ‘How’s your day, honey?’”
    Annalise growled.
    “Scary. I guess this is not the right time to tease you.” Sven fidgeted, trying to adjust his tall frame under the bed. “It was busy as usual. I had some emergency meetings with people from the Department of Defense, a luncheon with a group of surgeons, and worked on a pile of documents. Pretty typical day.”
    Her curiosity was piqued. “You do business with the government?”
    “They’re our biggest client. We won the DOD contract seven years ago. It’s what helped put Synergy on the map.”
    “Pharmaceutical contract?”
    “Sorry, sweet. That’s classified.”
    “Oops. I should have known better.”
    “How was your day?”
    “Boring. I still don’t understand anything.”
    “It’ll get better once you understand the structure of the company.”
    “You keep telling me that. Oh yeah, I had lunch with Cécile.”
    Sven made a displeased sound. “I told you to stay away from her.”
    “I couldn’t. She came into Uncle Seymour’s office with sandwiches. I couldn’t refuse her.”
    “That shrew. Did she say anything?”
    “Not much. Just some mundane chit-chat.” Annalise paused. “Sven…”
    “Hmm?”
    “Were you two lovers?”
    “Did she tell you that?”
    “No. Just a feeling I had. Each time she talked about you, she had these googly eyes on her. Women know this stuff you know.”
    Sven tightened his hug. “We were. Long time ago. When we were teenagers. Your uncle and Cécile’s father worked on a project in Kiev. We spent three summers there.”
    “What happened?”
    “I broke it off. She was a royal pain in the ass, and she still is.”
    “I don’t think she’s over you.”
    “I beg to differ. Cécile has an inability to love. If you ask me, she’s a borderline psychopath. She has low empathy toward people, or animals for that matter. Everything she does must serve her own need. She’s the type of person who would sell her own mother if it granted her fortune and power.”
    “Dude, that’s harsh.”
    “That’s the truth. And don’t call me ‘dude.’ I’m your husband.”
    “Do you ever think she’s after the chairman position just to get back at you? After all, you dumped her.”
    Sven snorted. “I doubt it. She’d still want to be the chairman even if I stayed with her. She wants to be the emperor of the earth.”
    “I thought she was kind of nice.”
    “Don’t let her appearance deceive you. Many have fallen as her victims.”
    “You must be exaggerating.”
    “Sadly, I’m not. I’m only looking after your best interests.”
    “Hmm.”
    Sven leaned on his side. His eyes looked unnaturally luminous in the dark—like cat’s eyes. “You said you had a boyfriend. What’s his name?”
    “Why do you want to know?”
    “It’s only fair, since you asked about my past romance.”
    Annalise grudgingly agreed. “Cole. His name is Cole. We were dating in our sophomore year.”
    “And then?”
    “Nothing to it. We broke it off. Or rather he dumped me.”
    “Why?”
    “Why? He’s jackass, that’s why.”
    “Why was he a jackass?”
    She made a grumbling noise in her throat. “All he thought about was sex, sex, and sex.”
    “You hate sex?”
    “I don’t like it.”
    “What don’t you like it about it?”
    “What is this? An interview?”
    “I answered your questions, you answer mine. Quid pro quo.”
    “Yeah, sure, Hannibal.”
    “Hmm?”
    “Well…”
    “Well what?”
    “It hurt.”
    “Sorry?”
    “It hurt! Why are you smiling?”
    “Nothing. Seems to me he didn’t know what he was doing.”
    “It was our first time. And why are we discussing this stuff? It’s embarrassing.”
    “I’d like to know the reason you won’t have sex with me.”
    “Why do I have to have sex with you?”
    “You’re my wife. Should there be any other reason?” Sven fidgeted