Nathan woke up with a smile.
He turned to his side and stretched a hand out, tapping the space on the bed beside him. His eyes flew open when he found the space empty, and he sat up.
“Rosie?”
He blinked, remembering that he was in his room because he had turned down her offer at staying in bed with her. Nathan sighed and tossed onto his back, glancing upwards towards the ceiling.
“Should I have turned her down?”
She had been acting out of character— or was this who she had been all along? Had she confided in him because she had no one else, especially now that her mother had suddenly appeared out of nowhere?
“Don’t think about it.” He threw his legs over the bed and stood up. “She asked for one thing and one thing only: to act like this was real.”
As Nathan brushed his teeth, he won
