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.
him out until past
when he woke. “Can you make that stomach remedy?”
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“Miss Winters‘ special
“Yeah.”
sorry, but I
face darkened.
ingredients. Plus all the
now.”
goes in it, but not
ticked. “Regular soup then?”
can
rubbing his temples, when a knock made him straighten.
she come
“Come in.”
in the doorway.
disappointment must have shown because her smile faltered. “Oh…
caught his expression, nails
he’d hoped to see.
a smile. “Rosa said you weren’t feeling
“Fine,” he muttered.
him, pulling up her phone.
I found–the perfect Montana itinerary. We should road trip it, maybe get a driver since the distances are crazy. After Glacier
like nails on a
head was pounding, and her
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known exactly what he
snapped. “Later. Not now.”
phone lowered slowly.
I… bothering you?” The hurt in her voice
the headache. We’ll plan later,
curled against him, the picture
gentlemen’s club in
young aristocrats were gathered around a bridge table. James caught sight of
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