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So I scoured her room for every extra blanket and, hell, a couple sweaters I could find After I piled them on top of her, I burrowed back in with her It was hot as fuck under the covers and right up against her But she appreciated my heat, so I held her close and let her take all the wareven out, I threw off half the blankets covering asped for cooler air Then I set a hand on her back and listened to her breathe, hoping she didn’t take a turn for the worse I fell asleep with one leg hanging off the side of the mattress and one hand on her back

The next ti wet Caroline’s feverall over me I sat up and removed most of the covers Then I found a towel and dabbed her dry as best I could without waking her

I was just sponging up her daaze shot up to find a frozen, wide-eyed Aspen halted in the open doorway

"Sorry," she whispered, holding up her hands as if surrendering "I was just checking in on her and Brandt How’s she doing?"

There was no reason to try to think up any excuses for why I was there I was already caught, red-fucking-handed But Ga her head off, so I kept it casual and just answered her concerned question "I think her fever just broke She’s sweating like a whore in church"

She smiled and nodded "Good That probably means it’s out of her syste handled, so I’ll leave you to it Good night" She eased out of the roo the door behind her

I sat there a second, waiting for her to wake her husband, so he could stor happen Then ato rat me out

Relief swamped me, but then so did sadness Even his oife knew better than to tell him about us Everyone hed and lay back down beside Caroline I probably should’ve gone ho up and down so ht Another couple hours with her wouldn’t kill me Besides, I didn’t want to leave

More hours passed A gray dawn filtered into the rooed at my conscience, so I opened my eyes and nearly shit my pants to find myself eyeball to eyeball with Colton

"Motherfucker," I hissed, springing upright "Shit, don’t do that to people It’s creepy as hell"