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.

gaze, Vivian blushed hotter still. She set the temperature lower, turned,

room now, but the fragile truce involved separate

bed, shrugged off her jacket, and burrowed beneath the quilt


press further. He settled onto the other mattress with

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

drifted

him to be awake as well. After a pause,

say the middle months are easiest. Later on,

released a muted sigh. "Then what am

here, things will ease." Comforting words did not come easily to him. He simply

conversation bloom between them beneath the faint glow of the

her tone casual but her eyes giving away a spark of curiosity that

rested his

men just reported that she's in a pretty rough spot. She' sharing a ward with a patient who's legitimately unstable. That's about as bad as it

update in perfect stillness. The calm,

conclusively-that his heart hoolnet


reasons she could not name, the realization loosened

embers. Before either of them realized, Vivian's eyelids fluttered shut and she

the empty room, waiting for her reply. When silence answered back,

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