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 noon.
called when he woke. “Can you make that stomach remedy?”
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paused. “Miss Winters‘ special recipe?”
“Yeah.”
but I
face darkened. “Why not?”
specific ingredients. Plus all the
now.”
carefully. “I know what goes in
“Regular soup
I can
temples, when a knock made him
she come back?
“Come in.”
in the doorway.
must have shown because her smile
nails digging
knew exactly who he’d hoped to
“Rosa said you weren’t feeling great.
“Fine,” he muttered.
him, pulling up her
should road trip it, maybe get a
like
her constant chatter
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he needed–her miracle
snapped. “Later.
lowered
The hurt in her voice
sighed, guilt winning. “Just the headache. We’ll plan later,
against him, the picture of understanding.
an old–world gentlemen’s club
of young aristocrats were gathered around a bridge table. James caught sight of Asher’s wrist. “I say, rather smart timepiece you’ve got there.”
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