I sat up as I heard the door open at way past midnight. I could not sleep for so reason so I just sat there watching a movie.
I was so shocked when I saw Tomas practically carrying Jace in.
I got out of bed and stood on my feet.
"Hi Tomas." I said.
"Mrs Romano," he nodded to acknowledge .
"Mira." I corrected him before letting my eyes trail to Jace. "What’s going on with him?" I asked, genuinely concerned.
"He’s as high as a kite right now."
"Oh." My mouth ford a circle.
"Don’t tell him I said that."
I chuckled and nodded even though the state he was in bothered .
"Is he going to be okay?" I asked Tomas.
He nodded. "But he’s going to be very cranky in the morning so be ready for that."
I exhaled. That was not new as far as Jace was concerned.
"I’ll see you so other ti Mira."
"Take care." I said and walked him to the door. Once he left, I turned to Jace and stood over him.
He was knocked out. This was the perfect ti to just strangle him in his sleep. At least it would probably look like he died from an overdose.
But even as I stood there, I knew there was no way I would be courageous to pull through with it. I hated him but not enough to take his life. Well, at least not yet.
I took off his shoes and struggled to slid off his jacket. I eventually did and I watched him lay there, looking innocent. I had to admit that he was even more handso in his sleep. His face relaxed and for once it looked like he was not in a mood.
I slid into bed shortly after and with ti, I dozed off.
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I woke up and found that Jace was still asleep next to . It was shocking to say the least.
For the first ti ever, I was up before him.
I went to the bathroom and by the ti I ca out, I saw that he still hadn’t moved from that position. In fact he had been laying the sa position since when Tomas laid him down.
My heart imdiately dropped in worry. What if he had kicked the bucket and I had slept next to a dead man?
Imdiately, I rushed to where he was and put my head on his chest.
I heard his heartbeat, and then I checked his pulse. He was still breathing.
"Phew." I heaved a sigh of relief. That was a close one.
He stirred just then and before I could move his eyes were open and gazing into mine.
His face scrunched up. Obviously the headache had started to kick in.
"What are you doing?" He asked groggily.
"I just wanted to be sure you’re still alive since you passed out like a log." I responded cheekily.
He sat up, clutching his head as he groaned.
"I need water and so advil. Where are they?" He asked , looking around.
Oops. I totally forgot to make preparations for that. And it was mostly because I assud he would be up before .
I watched his face contort into rage.
"Are you dumb or sothing? It’s common sense for you as my wife to make these things available."
His harsh words went straight to my chest and I could feel the breath get knocked out of my longs.
Yes Tomas had warned he would be extra cranky but he did not have to be so an.
"I’ll get soone to bring them." I said in a subdued tone.
"Hurry." He groaned.
In a matter of minutes, I had gotten soone to get him water and the painkillers while I sat on my end of the bed minding my business.
Breakfast was brought up and we ate in uncomfortable silence. Nothing unusual.
I made my way down to the gym afterwards, leaving him lone with all his attitude.
I had not exercised in a long while and seeing so of the guards in there made feel quite intimidated.
But the surprising thing was that as soon as I got in, they left one after the other. I wondered if Jace had told them they could not workout the sa ti as . Now I felt bad that I had interrupted their training ti. They were the soldiers. They needed the workouts more than I ever would.
I went to the treadmill and ran on it as fast as I could and stopped it when I was out of breath. I paused to take a break and after a while, I went back to it.
Then I lifted so dumbbells a couple of tis. I also did so stretching and when I was tired, I sat down and just stared into space.
The whole place was empty so it was just trying out everything.
I checked my phone every now and then, hoping that soone would have a baking order for so I would distract myself and avoid Jace and his crankiness even more.
I hoped my brother was still telling the custors that I was taking orders online now. I really hoped he was.
When I went back upstairs, I heard him in the shower.
I was sweaty and needed to take a shower too but I decided to wait till he was out of there.
It took a couple of minutes but he ca out eventually, barechested with a towel around his waist. My eyes stayed glued to his chest and abs but I quickly looked away and went into the bathroom for my own shower.
"I need a cookie." He said, the mont I ca out of the bathroom.
"What?"
"You heard ," he said with a blank expression on his face.
"Order so cookies then." I retorted even though I thought he wanted to bake him so. And I typically would have after pretending to not want to.
"You’re the cookie I want to eat."
~To be continued~
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