Chapter 107 Curiosity
Chapter 107 Curiosity
“Hannah, what’s that?<b>” </b>
“Don’t touch it!”
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Hannah snatched the ck bag as if it were alive and shoved it behind her back. Her voice cracked a little. “It’s nothing. Just some herbs I mixed up for myself. If you pull it out you’ll mess it up with the groceries.”
“Oh …
okay.”
Dawn nodded, but her stomach twisted.
Herbs? That story felt thin. <fn16bb> For original chapters go to find[?]ovel</fn16bb>
Hannah saw the doubt flicker across Dawn’s face and her shoulders tightened. She forced out a smallugh. “Dawn, finish your breakfast before it gets cold. I’ll put the food away. Don’t worry about me.”
Dawn still wanted to know what was inside that bag, but Hannah’s eyes told her to let it go.
So she sat down at the table and started eating.
Halfway through her meal, her phone lit up. Ethan
“You eating?<b>” </b>
Ethan’s voice slid through the line. Deep. Rough. Like it belonged to the night. Dawn’s pulse jumped.
She pressed the phone closer. “You at the airport already?”
“Yeah. Sitting on the ne.”
Dawn poked at her sd with her fork. “Then why aren’t you turning off your phone? Why call
me now?”
“What’s wrong? You don’t want me to?”
“That’s not it.”
She couldn’t say what she meant. She had no idea what to say.
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Ethan sighed, heavy and fake. “See, here’s the difference. I’ve barely left and I already miss but it feels like you can’t wait for me to be gone.”
“That’s not true,” Dawn shot back.
“Then do you miss me?”
Her chest pulled tight.
His words didn’t rush. They sank into her slow and heavy.
you,
“Hard to say? Or are you too shy to admit it?” His voice stayed even. “Dawn, you’ve got <i>to </i>get used to this. A rtionship isn’t supposed to stay stiff. Teasing, messing around, even this, it matters.”
“But I thought you said you wanted to be serious now?”
“I did. But I’m still a man. I’m still me.”
A lowugh came from him, quiet but honest. “Sometimes I want to keep it serious. Sometimes I don’t. You get that, right?”
Of course she did. They’d been living together for months. The fact that he’d kept his perfect manners this long was almost shocking.
Dawn twisted the edge of her napkin in herp before whispering, “I will miss you.”
Her voice came too soft. She tried again, louder this time. “I will miss you.”
The silence that followed pressed against her ears. She could hear her own breathing.
She stayed frozen at the table while the breeze from the open window moved across her cheek, brushing her hair back. The light caught her pale skin and made her look almost carved from stone.
Then the faint voice of a flight attendant came through his phone.
“You’re about to take off,” Dawn said quietly.
<i>Should </i><i>I </i><i>hang </i>up?
But Ethan’s voice returned, low and restless. “Dawn, what do I do?”
“What?<b>” </b>
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“I suddenly don’t want to go.”
Dawnughed, helpless and warm.
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“You’re going for work. The sooner you finish the sooner you’re back. You can’t just skip it.”
Ethan rubbed at his brow and let out a slow breath. “Yeah. I’ll go. Just take care of yourself the next few days. If you need anything call Tony. Make him run around for you if you have to.”
His tone softened so much it spread through her chest like heat.
“I’lle back. Wait for me.”
“Okay.”
The call ended. Dawn stared at her screen until Hannah walked in, stacking dishes in her arms.
“Was that Ethan?” Hannah asked like it was nothing.
“Yeah.”
Dawn stood and smiled. “Hannah, let me help.”
Hannah’s eyes darted quick, but she didn’t stop her. “So how did you two settle your meals while I was gone? The fridge is bare. Did Ethan cook for you?”
Her voice dropped at thest part, but Dawn still heard it.
She smiled. “Of course he did. Who else would? <b>I </b>can’t cook.”
Hannah nodded, though her eyes dimmed. “Right. Of course.”
Dawn carried the tes to the sink and then went upstairs. Hannah’s gaze followed her until she disappeared. Only then did Hannah pull out her phone and whisper.
“<b>It’s </b>me.”
“Yeah, I’m back.”
Her voice became sharp. “But those two seem fine. Looks like they don’t need it yet. I’ll keep watching.”
She paused, listening intently. “No, there aren’t any side effects. I just haven’t tried it before. I don’t know the right dose.”
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She fell quiet as the person on the other side spoke.
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Minutester Dawn came back down. Hannah was mopping the floor, her face soft, harmless,
the perfect houseguest. “Bye Hannah, I’m heading to work. See you tonight.” She waved, cheerful and bright, without a clue that Hannah’s smile hid something sharp.
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