“Where have you been?” I asked, the disappointment evident in my voice. “It has been a while since I last saw you.”
I didn’t want to sound like a jealous girlfriend, but my tone and expression gave me away. River was also too observant to notice, causing him to chuckle.
“I’m sorry. I just needed to take care of some… things.” It even looked like he was hesitating when he said those words. “I should have come back earlier. I didn’t even have an idea that this was too bad.”
“What?” I frowned. “Do you have an idea that this will happen to me—”
My head spun before I could even finish my sentence. If River wasn’t holding onto me, I might have stumbled to the floor again, just like what I did a few days ago.
“s**t,” I muttered, my breath hot and ragged. “I’m not feeling good. Maybe I’ll jus
