Nickolai's Noel
“He rolled over and reached for Noel—but came up empty. Where was she? Then consciousness took hold and he remembered. She was with her family in Louisville, and he was in his big, empty bed in his big, cold condo.
And the doorbell was ringing. Damn. If it was Tewanda again, he was going to go ahead and do what Jean Luc had been urging him to do—get a restraining order. He rolled out of bed and groaned. His hip was killing him from where he’d slammed into the boards in the second period.
By the ...time he got to the door, he was fuming, but the anger turned to delight when he opened the door and saw who was there.
“Noel, lyubimaya. What a good surprise.” He held out his arms to her. But she didn’t come to him, the way she always did. She walked past him and set down three big Piece by Piece shopping bags. And she did not smile.
He took a step toward her. “What has happened? Why aren’t you in Louisville still? Is someone hurt?” And an awful thought crossed his mind. “Has someone harmed you?”MoreLess
And the doorbell was ringing. Damn. If it was Tewanda again, he was going to go ahead and do what Jean Luc had been urging him to do—get a restraining order. He rolled out of bed and groaned. His hip was killing him from where he’d slammed into the boards in the second period.
By the ...time he got to the door, he was fuming, but the anger turned to delight when he opened the door and saw who was there.
“Noel, lyubimaya. What a good surprise.” He held out his arms to her. But she didn’t come to him, the way she always did. She walked past him and set down three big Piece by Piece shopping bags. And she did not smile.
He took a step toward her. “What has happened? Why aren’t you in Louisville still? Is someone hurt?” And an awful thought crossed his mind. “Has someone harmed you?”MoreLess
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