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
woke. “Can you
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Winters‘ special
“Yeah.”
sorry, but I
darkened. “Why
herbs, specific ingredients. Plus
now.”
in it,
“Regular soup
I can
temples, when a knock made him
she come back?
“Come in.”
appeared in the doorway.
shown because her smile faltered.
his expression, nails
exactly who he’d
“Rosa said
“Fine,” he muttered.
him, pulling up her
perfect Montana itinerary. We should road trip it, maybe get a driver since
felt like
her
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have known exactly what he needed–her
“Later.
phone lowered
The hurt in her voice was carefully
sighed, guilt winning. “Just the headache. We’ll
against him, the picture
an old–world gentlemen’s club in Mayfair…
of young aristocrats were gathered around a bridge table. James caught sight of Asher’s wrist. “I say, rather smart timepiece
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