hapter 20

The car service dropped Drake off at 3 AM, barely conscious as he stumbled to bed fully dressed.

He woke to his stomach in knots.

“Thalia,” he mumbled through the hangover haze, “grab my meds?”

The silence hit him like a wall.

“Thalia? Thalia-”

Reality crashed in as his eyes snapped open.

Right. She’d moved out.

The emptiness in his chest felt worse than his stomach.

After searching every cabinet for medicine and finding nothing, he finally caved and called Rosa, his

housekeeper.

She answered, groggy but professional.

“The meds, where are they?”

Looking at her phone–4 AM–Rosa counted to ten.

These trust fund kids would be the death of her.

“First–aid kit, Miss Winters‘ room, top drawer,” she managed evenly.

He found the kit but faced a new problem: a pharmacy’s worth of medications stared back at him.

Thalia had always known exactly which ones he needed.

He scanned labels, swallowed something that seemed right, and hoped for the best.

out until

woke. “Can you make that stomach

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“Miss Winters‘

“Yeah.”

sorry, but I

face darkened. “Why

needs overnight prep–special herbs, specific ingredients. Plus all

now.”

she added carefully. “I know what goes in it, but not

“Regular

I can

rubbing his temples, when

come back?

“Come in.”

in the

must have shown because her smile faltered. “Oh… it’s

expression, nails digging into

exactly who he’d

said you

“Fine,” he muttered.

him, pulling up her

found–the perfect Montana itinerary. We should road trip it, maybe get a driver since

like nails on

pounding, and her constant

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known exactly what he needed–her miracle soup,

snapped. “Later. Not now.”

lowered

bothering you?” The hurt in her voice was carefully

winning. “Just the headache. We’ll plan later, okay?”

against him, the picture

at an old–world gentlemen’s club

young aristocrats were gathered around a bridge table. James caught sight of Asher’s wrist.

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