Devil And the Deep (The Ceruleans: book 4)
“I sat up quickly, realised I was wearing nothing more than a t-shirt, pulled the bedclothes up to my chin and then turned to glare at the intruder.
From his nonchalant leaning-on-the-doorframe position, Jude frowned back at me. ‘You seem wiped out. You been doing things you shouldn’t have?’ ‘Huh?’ I flushed guiltily as I thought of the not-so-innocent things Luke and I had done yesterday evening before he left. Then anger rose as I reflected that really it was none of Jude’s business what I did... with my boyfriend. Then calm descended once more as I realised what Jude meant.
‘Oh,’ I said. ‘No, not overdoing it on the healing. I’m just fine and dandy.’ ‘And late.’ ‘What?’ ‘You were expected on the island’ – he checked his watch – ‘half an hour ago. And Nathaniel told me to tell you that lunch is at one sharp.
That’s in twenty minutes.’ ‘Oh.’ ‘Leap out of bed and rush about getting ready, why don’t you.’ Ignoring his sarcasm and the churning feeling in my stomach, I fired back, ‘Scoot, then, and I will.MoreLess
From his nonchalant leaning-on-the-doorframe position, Jude frowned back at me. ‘You seem wiped out. You been doing things you shouldn’t have?’ ‘Huh?’ I flushed guiltily as I thought of the not-so-innocent things Luke and I had done yesterday evening before he left. Then anger rose as I reflected that really it was none of Jude’s business what I did... with my boyfriend. Then calm descended once more as I realised what Jude meant.
‘Oh,’ I said. ‘No, not overdoing it on the healing. I’m just fine and dandy.’ ‘And late.’ ‘What?’ ‘You were expected on the island’ – he checked his watch – ‘half an hour ago. And Nathaniel told me to tell you that lunch is at one sharp.
That’s in twenty minutes.’ ‘Oh.’ ‘Leap out of bed and rush about getting ready, why don’t you.’ Ignoring his sarcasm and the churning feeling in my stomach, I fired back, ‘Scoot, then, and I will.MoreLess
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