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

her cheeks, thumbs stroking back and forth. "If

have at it, but never lie to me

pang stuttered through her

fell to a whisper. "You knew the

her gaze. "What else could it

were drunk,

behave," he murmured,

sank deeper into his arms and nodded. "I swear

then did he settle, eyelids drooping until sleep

childlike, Only you dare treat me that way... What

eyes tracing the harsh angles of his

all these years, and he's still talking

Year's Eve was fast approaching. Denise had already booked a cozy guesthouse and

are when the tips practically fall from the sky," the manager said, leaning forward across his cluttered desk, voice thick with disbelief. You

Why insist on taking off for New

Cóntent

because that single week when my family

me stitched together," Denise murmured,

on the

after year,

through double shifts, funneling

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