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Oops.
She was meant to be sleeping.
Silly Maeve.
Gray had enough on his plate without worrying about her. She heard him move into the bathroom. The shower went on and she rolled onto her back.
Relax. He’s back.
The shower turned off and she closed her eyes, taking deep breaths. This was so hard.
Every time she closed her eyes, the panic started to build.
There was the sound of the door opening and she waited for him to climb into bed.
But he didn’t.
She felt someone on her other side. What was he doing?
“I know you’re awake, girl.”
“Uh-oh.”
“Yes, uh-oh,” he repeated. “Look at me.”
She turned as he crouched next to her. The bedside lamp was turned on. She squinted as she stared up at him.
“Hey there, Grumpy Bear.”
He brushed her hair off her face. “Couldn’t you sleep, baby? You didn’t have a nightmare, did you? I thought those were getting better? You didn’t have one last night . . . at least not while I was here.”
She squirmed.
Double uh-oh.
“Maeve,” he said sternly as he sat next to her on the bed. “Did you have a nightmare last night?”
“Maybe.”
“Girl, don’t you maybe me. You either did or you didn’t.”
Triple uh-oh.
Her bottom was clenching as she sat up. “All right, yes, I did.”
“And why didn’t you tell me? What happened? Wait. You were awake last night when I got home, weren’t you? Fuck. I was too tired to notice.” He ran his hand over his head, looking stressed.
That wasn’t what she wanted. In fact, the whole reason she hadn’t said anything was to keep him from worrying.
“I’m fine,” she told him, squeezing his leg with her hand.
He shot her an incredulous look. “No, you are not fine. You had a nightmare. Even worse, you kept that from me. You pretended to be sleeping. What are rules three and four, little girl?”
“Um, to not keep things from you and not to lie.”
She scratched her cheek and he drew her hand away. “No.”
No? Just no?
