CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
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DARCY WINCED AND WOKE up cursing. She yawned, mostly with annoyance. That persistent ringing in her ears had eventually managed to ruin her sleep, although she had done her best to ignore it. Darcy’s head was pounding, and her eyes stung.
‘That damn wine,’ Darcy reflected.
She experienced the effects of a full hangover, and nausea rose in her throat alarmingly, making her swallow hard.
The woman rubbed her eyes with sluggish moves. Darcy looked around and discovered that she was alone, both in bed and in the room.
"Take care of me, huh," Darcy muttered, disappointed to see that Nick had left her alone in there. "You insisted that I'd sleep in your bed so that you could protect me, and now you've gone God knows where and left me to fend for myself if somet
