Beyond the contract (Love in disguise)

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time for his bedtime, I have been with Mirabel si

g I usually did, I just wanted her to feel better. If taking care of h

o the room, I pau

was

eyes. Then, she muttered something under h

was all

ned. A

o stand up. Her legs wobbled, and within

moved on

out, stepping for

voice, her wide eyes searchin

ught I

ght I wa

as righ

ne. The dim light made it hard to see her expression

till here?"

unsure, that it made som

id, stepping closer. "

edge of the bed as if she wasn

she admitted. "You-being here, car

comforting people, at showing emotions. But seeing her like this, d

" I said, my voice quieter now.

oulder to steady her. She flinched slig

murmured. "Li

I helped her sit back on the bed

s. She was staring at me again, as

oing this?" sh

answer ri

I doin

t was something else-someth

g her an answer,

Mirabel I said

n me as I sat down on the cou

o her hand, and something about the way

he bandage needed to be changed.

aid box and grabbed it, the

d gently, glancing at

, but I could see the u

" she wh

arefully began to remove the bandage. I made sure i

returned the first

u," she s

rs. Carter," I replied, and

er, I felt a heavy

ing with me was only causing her more

better, we'll

she shift

sked, noticing she

had a bath since this morning,

r simple need. "Okay! Ca

ld tell she wasn't fu

r to her to o

u to the bath

idn't stumble, and helped prepare her bat

door, my thoughts drifti

, soft sobs that m

to ask what happe

r eyes red and swollen, proof

ed, but before she coul

oward her, catching h

fell onto the bed, her

against mine, and something stirred

r from her face, my gaze

d softly, still in that posit

rised, as if she hadn'

she said, he

asked, my fingers ge

et better," she admitted, her

ached at

aving you,"

uld say anything

oft against mine. We both lost ourselves in th

y shift against mine. Then, the towe