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.

knocked him out until past

woke. “Can you make that

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Winters‘

“Yeah.”

but I can’t.”

face darkened. “Why not?”

needs overnight prep–special herbs, specific ingredients. Plus all the fresh components. Can’t

now.”

in it, but not how she actually made it.”

ticked. “Regular

can handle.”

his temples, when a knock made him straighten.

she come

“Come in.”

appeared in the doorway.

must have shown because her smile faltered. “Oh…

caught his expression, nails digging into her

exactly who he’d hoped to see.

“Rosa said you weren’t

“Fine,” he muttered.

him, pulling up her

what I found–the perfect Montana itinerary. We should road trip it, maybe get a driver since the distances are crazy. After Glacier

voice suddenly felt like nails on a chalkboard.

pounding, and her constant chatter wasn’t

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what he needed–her

snapped. “Later. Not now.”

lowered

bothering you?” The hurt in

guilt winning. “Just the headache. We’ll plan

against him,

an old–world gentlemen’s club in

bridge table. James caught sight of Asher’s wrist. “I say,

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