C10 The Unforgivable

“Baby,” Cleopatra muttered under her breath, fury simmering through every fiber of her being.

“How dare you?” she shouted, her voice sharp with restrained rage.

“I… I apologize,” Anthony murmured, his voice subdued and unsteady. “If calling you baby displeased you, it was never my intention.”

His gaze lowered, lashes casting faint shadows as his eyes drooped