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“Still alive and kicking, so I guess I’m doing all right.”
“And you think I should leave you to handle your own care?”
Yikes. There was a whole lot of disapproval in that stare. It made her squirm inside.
Because Jilly wasn’t actually a person who liked to displease people. She was kind of the opposite despite the way she’d acted this afternoon.
She didn’t know what had come over her. Confrontation wasn’t her thing. At all.
She found herself staring at his hands as he passed her the cold medicine.
Lord. He had big hands.
Tanned. Wide. His forearms were muscular.
Was there such a thing as forearm porn? Maybe she should look that up.
Although now probably wasn’t the time to do that.
Imagine how much of her ass he could cover with one smack of his hand . . .
“Jilly?”
“Huh?” She moved her gaze from his hand up to his face.
“You were away with the fairies, sweet girl.”
Lord.
Why did she feel like swooning when he called her ‘sweet girl’ in that tone?
She felt like a princess . . . as though she was special.
When she really wasn’t
“Sorry. Did you say something?”
“Take your medicine. You need to sleep. You’ve done far too much today,” he scolded. “How is your throat feeling?”
Scratchy and sore, if she was honest.
After taking the medicine and drinking the water he forced on her, she snuggled down into bed.
He drew the covers up over her. “Sleep.”
Jilly closed her eyes. She could hear him moving around as she was drifting off.
“Regent?” she whispered.
“Yes, baby?”
“Thanks for taking care of me.”
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Later on that night, Regent sat in the chair and watched her sleep.
This was crazy.
