PAVEL’S POV
I freeze. Did I accidentally touch her skin or do something to trigger her?
Careful not to touch her, I step away from the bed, but the girl suddenly leaps toward me. Her arms come around my neck, squeezing it in a vicelike grip, while her legs wrap around my waist. I stand next to the bed, stunned, with the girl clinging to me like a baby koala. She tucks her face into the crook of my neck and is humming something. Now what? Should I try putting her back on the bed? Or should I just wait until she decides to get down?
I wait for a couple of moments to see if she’ll let me go, but she clings to me relentlessly. It looks like I’m stuck with her like this for now. Carefully, I wrap one arm around her back and lean to take the package of painkillers the doc gave me from the nig
