“Presley.”

When I wake up, I’m curled up on the floor at the foot of Lacey’s bed with my head resting on a stuffed teddy bear. I must have fallen asleep after the girls did. The room spins, so I screw my eyes shut again.

Dominic stands over me and places a hand on my forehead. “You’re burning up.”

“The girls,” I mumble.

“They’re fast asleep,” he says, looking over at their beds.

I sit up to see for myself, regretting it immediately. A rush of vomit rises, and when a bucket suddenly appears in my face, I let loose.

God. I haven’t thrown up since the first time I drank in college. I’d forgotten how awful the sensation is. Like being punched in the gut and drowned at the same time.

“I’m so sorry,” I mumble, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand.

Dom disappears and comes back in seconds with a wet cloth and a glass of cold water. He wipes my mouth just like I did for his daughters. His eyes are filled with turmoil, and his expression is stark. I stare at him, soaking up every second of this tender moment.

“Here, take a sip,” he says.

I take the glass from his hands and sip. The water slides down my throat with the promise to come right back up later. Yep, not doing that again.

lifts

I already have it. I don’t want to infect your room

in his strides. He just keeps carrying me down the

sets me down on the edge of his

the

he says again, more firmly

I nod, feeling dizzy.

the edge of

glances at the jeans I’d quickly changed into before

he

a good thing because my limbs feel so heavy that I doubt I could maneuver out of them on my own, and slides

turns his back while I unhook my bra and fish it out through the sleeve of the shirt. Then he

holds a glass of water to my lips again.

to stay hydrated. I can’t act like a toddler when he has two actual toddlers sleeping in the other room. I drink some more, but the room flip-flops, and I sink back into the bed

for it. If he gets any closer,

says, reading my expression. “I juiced up with some vitamin C packs on the

“Yeah?” I ask weakly.

I’m going to be

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