I sat up as I heard the door open at way past midnight. I could not sleep for some 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 me.
"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 formed a circle.
"Don't tell him I said that."
I chuckled and nodded even though the state he was in bothered me.
"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 some other time 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 time 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 handsome 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 time, I dozed off.
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I woke up and found that Jace was still asleep next to me. It was shocking to say the least.
For the first time ever, I was up before him.
I went to the bathroom and by the time I came out, I saw that he still hadn't moved from that position. In fact he had been laying the same position since when Tomas laid him down.
My heart immediately dropped in worry. What if he had kicked the bucket and I had slept next to a dead man?
Immediately, 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 some advil. Where are they?" He asked me, looking around.
Oops. I totally forgot to make preparations for that. And it was mostly because I assumed he would be up before me.
I watched his face contort into rage.
"Are you dumb or something? 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 me he would be extra cranky but he did not have to be so mean.
"I'll get someone to bring them." I said in a subdued tone.
"Hurry." He groaned.
In a matter of minutes, I had gotten someone 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 some of the guards in there made me 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 same time as me. Now I felt bad that I had interrupted their training time. 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 some dumbbells a couple of times. I also did some stretching and when I was tired, I sat down and just stared into space.
The whole place was empty so it was just me trying out everything.
I checked my phone every now and then, hoping that someone would have a baking order for me so I would distract myself and avoid Jace and his crankiness even more.
I hoped my brother was still telling the customers 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 came 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 moment I came out of the bathroom.
"What?"
"You heard me," he said with a blank expression on his face.
"Order some cookies then." I retorted even though I thought he wanted me to bake him some. And I typically would have after pretending to not want to.
"You're the cookie I want to eat."
~To be continued~