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"That’s about all Gabe knows" Lucian slid his hands off and sat on her other side His entire left leg pressed against the length of her right leg "But yes, we did get to know each other"

Gabe’s gaze slid off Julia’s and centered on his brother "Not exactly surprised"

Julia closed her eyes, too tired and head still pounding to really worry about why they were suddenly eyeballing each other Hell, she didn’t even care at the moment that the first ti on the shower floor Maybe toht now

Her mind was elsewhere As she sat there, huddled between the two brothers, she kept seeing the outline on the other side of the shower glass A sh her Could that really have been just flickering lights playing tricks on herher?

Lucian watched his brother show Julia sonore the irrational spike of jealousy that stabbed hi picking Gabe up by the scruff of his neck and tossing hih the doors

Dr Floresaway the equip to be okay, right?" he asked

"I think she’ll be just fine Her balance, memory, and reflexes all are fine, so I don’t think we need to pull her in for further testing She’ll probably have a headache, which is why I left so for her" He jerked his chin at the unmarked prescription bottle "If this is more than a minor concussion, which I don’t think it is, we need to pay attention to changes in severity of the pain and changes in behavior that she is well aware of"

Lucian nodded as he crossed his ar the sy behind her ear had long since stopped and she hadn’t needed stitches "Is sleeping fine?"

"It is She doesn’t have dilated pupils or confusion" Flores turned, facing him "She should really take it easy tomorrow Stay in bed Get rest That’s the best medicine She really--"

"I can hear you two," Julia called frorinned as Flores flushed "We are thrilled to know your hearing is functioning properly, Ms Hughes"

Her eyes narrowed as Gabe sat back in the chair he’d pulled all the way to the side of her bed "I’ll be fine in the "

"Julia" The doctor sounded tired "I understand that this is a new job for you and you want to do your best, but you need to take care of yourself"

Her lush lips thinned

"I’ll lare were daggers, he’d be dead "Thank you for coet a roo, he nodded in Gabe and Julia’s direction "I’ll send you the bill"

Lucian walked him to the interior door Richard waited in the hall to escort Flores out, antsy to get out of the house now that the doctor was leaving He said his goodbyes and then closed the door Turning back around, he was grateful that Devlin had left the house shortly after dinner At least he only needed to figure out how to kick one brother out

Speaking of said brother He was sitting in that dae of the blanket around her waist He walked slowly toward the bed "Do you need anything?"

"No" She peeked up at hi her head Her hair had been pulled back from her face, and he was happy to see that some color had returned to her cheeks She’d been so pale when he first saw her in the bathroom "I’mGod, I’m sorry about all of this I can cover the bill--whatever he charges"

Fuck

Was she really apologizing? The woman could’ve been seriously hurt or worse

"You don’t need to worry about paying for anything," Gabe answered "That’s taken care of No argu a little out of it Betanting to rip his brother’s throat out when he saw hi there with Julia barely in a towel and then his sto the bill for her care was the last da on his mind

He stopped on the other side of the bed and waited until she glanced over at hi?" she asked

"Making hirin on his face