Chapter 2089

Cecilia moved closer, concern softening her eyes. "You're finally awake. How's your head?"

Nathaniel looked up at her. "Still alive, I suppose. But some genius covered my face with art, and soap won't budge it. Care to explain?"

Cecilia's ponytail swayed as she shook an emphatic no.

She forced a playful note into her voice. "You came home like that, remember? Probably strangers messing with you after you blacked out."

Nathaniel's jaw tightened. "Come here."

Heart thudding, Cecilia took a cautious step, then another. In a blink, Nathaniel's arm shot out. He yanked her forward and pressed her against the solid warmth of his chest.

"Ceci, I don't feel so good," he mumbled, breath warm against her hair.

Cecilia patted his shoulder in small circles. "It's just a little face paint, that's all. Next time we'll skip the bar and avoid the drama."

"So you'd rather I quit drinking?" His forehead brushed hers.

"One glass is fine," she conceded. "Too much hurts your health. Promise you'll ease up."

Nathaniel nodded, slow and deliberate. "Fine. I'll do whatever you say."

His easy surrender pricked her with guilt. After all, she had drawn the garish masterpiece herself.

She opened her mouth, nerves fluttering.

balanced on the tip of

thumbs stroking back and forth. "If you

much, have at it, but

sharp pang stuttered

to a whisper.

gaze. "What else could

sorry," she blurted. "You were drunk,

behave," he murmured, indulgent and

deeper into his arms and nodded.

then did he settle, eyelids drooping until sleep reclaimed

grip around her. In sleep he muttered, almost childlike, Only you dare

listened in silence, eyes tracing the harsh angles of his sleeping face,

herself, "After all these years, and he's still talking about

was fast approaching. Denise had already booked

tips practically fall from the sky," the manager said, leaning forward across his cluttered desk, voice

Why insist on

Cóntent

week when my

the thread that keeps me stitched

the

year,

through double shifts, funneling

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