Chapter 304

I asked, "Why didn't you pick up?"

"I will," Brandon answered nonchalantly. "I'll go out and take the call. As for you, it's about time you get out of bed and wash up for breakfast."

I blinked in surprise. "You made breakfast?"

I thought he had been sleeping next to me the entire time, but he actually got up and made breakfast at one point. He probably came back to bed when he saw that I was still sleeping and decided to do some bedside reading.

I should have expected such disciplined behavior from someone who demanded excellence of himself.

"I made you banana pancakes and yogurt to make up for the electrolytes you lost," Brandon elaborated, stroking my hair. It felt nice to be pampered like I was the most important person in the world to him. Brandon left the room to take the call. I pulled my hand out from under the covers and stared at the ring that now adorned my finger. I snapped a picture of it and posted it on my social media, captioning it with a

I stayed under the covers and scrolled through my social media for a while before deciding to get up. When I noticed Brandon still speaking on the phone, I padded into the bathroom to wash up.

Only upon entering the bathroom did I realize that the ointment Lisa had prescribed me was down to half a tube. I frowned. Last I checked, I barely used a quarter of it.

Had Brandon used it on me instead? But when? While I was asleep?

At once, blood rushed to my face, and my body went taut.

water running," Brandon

embarrassment was to pretend I hadn't noticed anything amiss, so I sang teasingly, "That's because

saw his throat bob. I could tell I had stirred something within him. By "something",

hadn't sensed the shift in his behavior and looked away from him. As I hurried to wash up, I said, "Better get

"You won't," Brandon replied.

the time, my dear?

am. We can still make it,"

had been looking at him through the mirror, but I was so shocked at that moment that I whirled to pin him with an

"Sure," Brando

as he turned on his heels and

demanded, "Now, hold on just a second! I need a little more

you about this?" Brandon

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vaguely remembered Xander telling me to clear the work I had on hand. Nodding slowly,

is it," Brandon

was happening.

clarified, "But he never mentioned where I would be going or that I

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