When Her "Death" Couldn't Break Him (Cecilia and Nathaniel)

Chapter 2057

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.

blushed hotter still. She set the temperature lower, turned, and declared,

truce involved separate beds placed an

off her jacket, and burrowed beneath the quilt like a startled


her retreat, Zachary chose not to press further. He settled onto the other mattress with

was young, sleep refused to come. Vivian's restless turning scraped softly against the

Zachary's voice drifted across the shadowed

well. After a pause,

keep you company," he offered. "People say the middle months are easiest. Later on, it gets harder

that, Vivian released a muted sigh. "Then

baby's here, things will ease." Comforting words did not come easily to him.

and, almost without noticing, let conversation bloom between them beneath

days?" Vivian asked, her tone casual but her eyes giving away a spark of curiosity that refused to be

rested his elbows on

"My men just reported that she's in a pretty rough spot. She' sharing a ward with a patient who's legitimately unstable. That's

to the update in perfect stillness. The calm,

conclusively-that his heart hoolnet


not name, the realization loosened a tight

Before either of them

the empty room, waiting for her reply. When silence answered back, he turned and discovered her breathing slow

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