Chapter Twenty-Three
Sydney was dragged from a deep sleep by the murmur of voices. Corrin’s arms pulled away from her. With her eyes still closed she captured one arm and drew it back around her. “No more pain. Please. Just let me sleep.”
Corrin pressed in close to her again. “Shh. Go back to sleep. I’m not going anywhere.”
Sydney tried to open her eyes, but failed. She snuggled against Corrin. “Good. I don’t want my body to implode.”
“Shh.”
She drifted off to sleep again not waking until she smelt toast cooking. Raising her head, she found only Corrin and herself lay on the mattress. He had his back pressed against her as he lay on his side watching her laptop with headphones.
Pausing the program, Corrin removed the headphones and turned towards her. “Do you feel any better?”
“What
