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“Have you?” she asked lightly. “Then perhaps we haven’t been spending enough time together.”
“No,” I agreed, pulling her closer. “Not nearly enough.”
My lips brushed against hers, and she eagerly but gently returned my kiss, her bright eyes shining as we pulled away. “I was terrified of losing you,” she told me, sounding embarrassed. “You didn’t have to do what you did to save me.”
“Yes,” I corrected her. “I did. I couldn’t think of anything but saving you. Seeing you like that, Zephy…”
I shuddered at the recollection, and Zephy kissed me again, dismissing the notion. “You can’t get rid of me that easily.”
“Nor would I want to.”
She stroked my face and untangled herself from me, rising toward the door.
“Where are you going?” I asked worriedly.
“I told you—you need to eat something, and a medic should look you over.”
“No medic,” I told her, and she agreed.
“Just soup then.”
I tried to hide my disappointment at her leaving me, but when she opened the door, she didn’t go far. I heard her speaking to someone in the hallway before closing it again and returning to my side.
“I thought you were going,” I told her, grateful that she had stayed.
“I’m not leaving your side until you are fully recovered,” she insisted. “Did I not make that clear to you?”
I stared at her in wonderment. “Thank you, Zephyrine.”
“You have nothing to thank me for,” she mumbled in embarrassment. “It is my duty… in a way.”
I pushed myself up the rest of the way, and she adjusted the pillows around my back, but I caught her arm and yanked her toward me, stopping her from fussing. “You have gone beyond your duty to me.”
She gave me a wry smile and again unhooked herself from me.
I cocked my head in confusion. “Why do you keep pulling away?”
A hot blush tinged her cheeks. “I’ve been wearing the same filthy pajamas since the attack,” she explained. “I’d like to return to my room to shower and change. I honestly hadn’t expected you to wake yet.”
A small laugh fell from my lips, her self-consciousness tickling me.
“No,” I said suddenly.
Her dark eyebrows raised up. “Well, it doesn’t have to be this minute, Cade. I only meant—”
“No, I mean… I have a much better idea.”
She eyed me expectantly. “Oh?”
“Bring some of the servants with you when you go,” I said slowly. “And when you come back, bring all your belongings.”
She blinked uncomprehendingly. “What?”
“I’d like you to move in here with me,” I proposed. “Permanently.”
Shock colored her lovely features, her full mouth parting, but no words came out.
“I swear, I’ll take proper care of the bathroom. I won’t leave dirty towels on the floor or clog up the sinks with hair, and I don’t snore… or I don’t think I do, anyway, but no one has ever really had the guts to tell me if I do.”
