MIAI lasted maybe forty-five minutes before exhaustion hit me like a freight train. The words on my screen started blurring. My head felt too heavy for my neck. “Mia.” Xavier’s voice seemed far away. “Hey. You okay?”I blinked, forcing myself back to the present. My head was drooping toward the keyboard.“Tired,” I mumbled, not sure if he heard what I actually said.“It’s fine. Come here.” He pulled my chair closer and guided my head to his shoulder. “Rest for a bit.”“We’re in public—”“So?” His arm came around me. “Close your eyes.”I meant to argue. But his shoulder was warm and solid and my eyes were already drifting shut.An incessant buzzing woke moments later.“Sorry,” he muttered to me, answering it. “Yeah?… Now?… I’m with Mia… Falcon, I can’t just—” He sighed. “Fine. I'll see you in twenty.”He hung up, looking torn.“Go,” I said, sitting up slowly. “I’ll be okay for twenty minutes.”I didn’t want to be the reason he ignored his responsibilities. I already felt enough like
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