Chapter 21

Chapter 21Derek intended to be a fly on the wall for that meeting in whatever form he could manage.He was finishing the last of his coffee when he heard movement in the corridor outside the kitchen, and then the familiar sound of a wheelchair on the smooth floor. He turned as Damien appeared in the doorway, already dressed, his face carrying the particular expression of someone who had slept very little but was refusing to acknowledge it."You're up early," Derek said, the same thing he had said to his mother, though the tone was considerably different."So are you." Damien wheeled himself to the counter, reaching for the coffee pot with the practiced efficiency of someone long accustomed to managing a kitchen at wheelchair height. "Did you sleep?""Enough. You?""Enough." The same answer, carrying the same amount of actual information, which was none.They stood in companionable silence for a moment, both drinking coffee and looking at nothing in particular. This was one of the thi

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Chapter 22

Chapter 22He heard footsteps on the main staircase—lighter than the staff's, more hesitant. He glanced at Damien and saw him straighten almost imperceptibly, the working expression replaced by the slightly softer mask of the attentive husband.A minute later, Sadie appeared in the kitchen doorway.She was dressed simply—loose clothing that accommodated her bandaged side, her auburn hair pulled back without its usual careful styling. She looked tired, Derek thought. Genuinely tired, not the performed exhaustion of a woman maintaining an act. There were shadows under her green eyes that suggested her night had been as unrestful as theirs, and she moved carefully, one hand resting against the door frame for a moment before she pushed off from it."Good morning," she said, her eyes moving between them both. "I didn't know anyone else would be up yet.""My legs tend to wake me early," Damien said, and there was something so matter-of-fact in the way he said it—no self-pity, no invitation

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Chapter 21

Chapter 22