THEOI was beginning to regret taking this job.Simply put, I just couldn’t handle it. I couldn’t handle Mika.There was always something up with her. If it wasn’t the house being too humid, it was it being too quiet. If she wasn’t starving—even after I’d ordered enough food for four people—she was complaining about food poisoning before she’d even taken a bite.Honestly, it was like taking care of a child. A pestering, violent, twenty-two-year-old child. And last I checked, the Wayne assignment hadn’t said anything about becoming a babysitter.I crashed onto the couch in the living room and flung an arm over my eyes, trying to numb the phantom ache in my temple. Mika had “accidentally” flung a vase at my head that morning for walking in on her while she was changing. She had been changing IN MY ROOM.“Bertrand, how much longer is she going to be with us?” I asked.“Three months. I’m pretty sure you already know that, sir,” he answered, his voice a little too light for someone who sh
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