Chapter 13

Set off jerked awake. He wasn’t certain what had awoken him. Hell, he hadn’t even remembered falling asleep. The very last thing that he might recall was holding Harley on the couch. He shot upright when he realized his arms have been empty.

“I’m right here.”

He turned his head within the course of her voice. She was curled up in a chair close to the window, wrapped in a blanket. He relaxed as soon as he noticed she was okay.

“How lengthy have you ever been up?” he requested.

“Not lengthy. I had to make use of the lavatory.”

He reached for his cellphone and grimaced when he noticed the time. “Have you ever eaten?”

“Not since lunch, however I’m not hungry. I can’t eat proper now.”

“You want to,” he countered as he swung his legs round in order that he was sitting.

After a couple of minutes, he pushed to his ft and groaned. “I’m too outdated to be sleeping on the sofa.”

She didn’t reply, however he noticed how the corners of her mouth twitched at his assertion.

“I’m going to take a fast bathe. Then I’ll warmth a few of the leftover casserole you made yesterday.”

“I’ll be right here. I’m not going wherever,” she promised.

The phrases settled him some, however he didn’t waste time. He took a fast bathe feeling loads higher as soon as he had. When he returned, he discovered Harley sitting in the identical spot. He went into the kitchen and pulled out the leftovers. She joined him a short while later.

When she began serving to, a bit extra of the stress swirling inside him dissipated. Whereas it wasn’t a whole one-eighty, it was sufficient to indicate him that she hadn’t utterly shut down as he feared she would.

He didn’t stress her to speak as they ate, however he knew she was considering—loads.

Earlier than it was all mentioned and executed, he would get her to precise her ideas. One factor he was all too accustomed to was being alone along with your ideas and permitting them to eat you from the within out.

As soon as they have been completed consuming, he pushed to his ft and commenced cleansing up. When she began to assist, he stopped her.

“Go take a bathe and prepare for mattress. I’ve this. Meet me again in the lounge when you’re completed.”

When she left the kitchen with out arguing, it took the whole lot in him to not throw the plate in his hand and yell. However he needed to hold it collectively for her. It doesn’t matter what. She was clearly distraught by the information he’d shared together with her earlier.

He would always remember the best way she collapsed in his arms. The guttural scream that she’d emitted earlier than her knees gave out. One which should have carried across the compound as a result of a number of of his brothers had texted him. He’d solely returned one—to Rock and requested him to let everybody else know that he had it dealt with however that he would name if that modified.

Not understanding how a lot time he had, he completed placing the whole lot away and headed for the lounge. He’d simply settled onto the sofa when Harley returned. A look at her face instructed him that she’d cried once more sooner or later throughout her bathe. However even with red-rimmed eyes and splotchy cheeks, she was essentially the most lovely sight he’d ever seen.

He held his hand out to her. “Come right here. Inform me what you want proper now.”

“To overlook,” she whispered as she walked over to him. “I can’t shut my thoughts off. I simply…I don’t know. Make me overlook. If just for a short time. Please.”

His abdomen clenched in anger, each thump of his coronary heart promising retribution the second he had an opportunity. He tugged her into his arms, prepared and prepared to provide her one thing else to deal with, if solely briefly.

“I’ll offer you something you need, Harley.”

He coated her mouth together with his in a sluggish, lazy exploration of dueling tongues as a result of he meant what he’d promised. He wrapped his fingers across the again of her neck and held her mouth to his. With out breaking the kiss, he scooped his arms round her waist and lifted her so she was plastered towards him from shoulders to thighs. He kissed her till they have been each panting exhausting.

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