Xeric was fussing with a variety of scents and stopping to glare at her every few minutes. She grinned. “If you keep looking at me like that, I am going to leave the room.” He sighed. “You are a very hard woman to find a scent for.” Lilia grinned and put the finishing touches on the business plan for the Almoss company. “You know that I am easy in several other ways.” The time had flown quickly, and she was now ticking off the hours until she returned to the Zel home. One time together in the night garden had been all the time that they had had. She spent the previous day moving inventory and was been too tired to do more than fall into bed. Xeric had to undress her and tuck her in. He looked at her and narrowed his eyes. “Do not speak of yourself like that. You have value. You just refuse to see it.” She put the small pad down and looked at him.
