Chapter 2057

Catching her reaction, Zachary leaned in until the warmth of his breath stirred a lock of her hair.

"Really?" he murmured, the single word carrying both teasing mischief and quiet

reassurance.

His brow arched with playful concern. "Then why is your face so red?"

Startled, Vivian sprang to her feet and turned her back before the darkness could betray the bloom spreading over her skin.

"It's probably too warm in here," she insisted, voice a notch too quick. "The heat's cranked up I'll lower it."

She padded over to the thermostat, fingers fumbling with the dial.

Zachary trailed after her, gentle concern dusting his tone. "Easy now-take it slow, there's no rush."

For reasons she could not name, Vivian's heart drummed hard and erratic against her ribs.

"Mm, I'm not in a hurry," she shot back, obstinacy trying-and failing to mask her fluster.

Zachary saw straight through the pretense, responding with nothing more than a quiet, knowing smile.

still. She set the temperature lower, turned, and declared, "All

shared a room now, but the fragile truce involved separate beds placed an arm's length

off her jacket, and burrowed


further. He settled onto the other mattress with practiced

young, sleep refused to come. Vivian's restless turning scraped

sleep?" Zachary's voice drifted across the

be awake as well. After a pause, she

middle months are easiest. Later on, it gets harder to

muted sigh. "Then what am

ease." Comforting words did not come easily to him. He simply resolved to

let conversation bloom between

Stella Ross holding up these days?" Vivian asked, her tone casual but her eyes

his elbows

a pretty rough spot. She' sharing a ward with a patient who's legitimately unstable. That's about as

stillness. The calm, almost indifferent way Zachary spoke of

conclusively-that his heart hoolnet


woman For reasons she could not name, the realization loosened a tight

on, words growing softer, sentences fading like embers. Before either

waiting for her reply. When silence answered back,

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