Chapter 313
Chapter Three Hundred Thirteen
Adrik
She was asleep before we made it back to the penthouse. Once we walked in the door, I walked to one
of the couches with her. She didn’t even wake up when I pulled her from the backseat. Viktor read the
prescription on the antibiotics. “It says she needs to take this every 8 hours until she’s out of pills,” he
said, taking out two pills from the bottle.
“At least we know she’ll be awake three times a day now,” Misha said as he was looking through the
refrigerator. He grabbed a carton of yogurt and a spoon and walked them over to me. Andrei had
gotten a ss and was filling it with water for her.
She was still sound asleep in my arms. “Sephie, love, you need to wake up,” I said, brushing my hand
across her cheek. She started to eventually stir, then opened her eyes. She looked momentarily
confused before saying, “I fell asleep again, huh?”
“You were out almost before we left the hospital, princess,” Ivan said, softly.
“You need to take your first dose of antibiotic, gazelle. Then you can go back to sleep if you want to,”
Misha said, grinning at
her.
She made the move to sit up slowly. I helped her, but she was getting stronger on her own. “I wouldn’t
exactly say that I want to go back to sleep, but that seems to be all I can manage right now,” she said,
taking the pills from Viktor and the ss of
water from Andrei.
“Here’s yogurt so the antibiotics don’t upset your stomach. You don’t need anymore reasons to not eat
right now,” Misha said, handing her the carton. She turned up her nose at the yogurt, which made
Misha sit on the coffee table in front of her. “Don’t make me do the airne trick to get you to eat this.
Because I will. He was trying to look at her sternly, but he couldn’t keep his smile hidden. He ended up
laughing, which made herugh. “Come on, just a few bites and then I’ll go away,” he said.
She groaned quietly, but ate a few bites before handing it back to Misha, who finished it. We all looked
at him as he ate the rest of it. “What? Who doesn’t love yogurt? It’s cherry vor too. This is the best
kind.”
I pulled her back against me once more. “Do you want to go lie down in bed, love? Or stay out here
with all of us?”
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She thought for a moment. “I don’t want to be alone but I don’t want to keep you trapped on the couch
with me either. You guys are gonna have toe up with babysitting shifts. Rotate duties,” she said,
smiling.
I couldn’t help butugh. We’d already discussed that on the ride back from the hospital. She leaned
her head back to try and look at me. “Let me guess, you already discussed that option?”
“Maybe,” I said, grinning down at her.
She pulled my arms around her tighter. I immediately felt her mood shift and knew she was going to
apologize for keeping me away from work for thest two weeks. “Don’t think about apologizing,
Sephie.”
“I like it much better when you guys don’t scold me so much,” she said. I could hear her smiling, so I
knew she was teasing.
“Then maybe don’t apologize so much for stuff you shouldn’t apologize for,” Andrei said from the
kitchen. I did not expect that from him and couldn’t contain myughter. Thankfully, neither could
Sephie.
“I’m regretting that pinky swear right about now,” she said quietly so only I could hear.
“He’s not wrong, love. And you know he’s not wrong,” I said with my lips against her ear, brushing my
facial hair against her
cheek and neck.
“That’s why it hurts right here,” she said dramatically, pointing to her chest, right over her heart.
The following afternoon, I had a meeting with the policemissioner. Sephie and I had discussed her
being there for the meeting before she went back to the doctor and found out she had pneumonia. I
wanted her to stay in the penthouse, but she was trying to convince me that she could still make it.
“I slept the entire night and half the day already. I can manage to stay awake for at least an hour while
you meet with him. You said you wanted me there to make sure he wasn’t hiding anything. I can still do
that. I don’t even have to talk,” she said.
Ivan looked between her and I. “Boss, as much as I ha te to agree with her right now, I think she’s right.
If we’re going to try to pin everything on Ricardo, we need to make sure that Henry is with us. It’s
probably going to mean that she’ll sleep until tomorrow, but we kind of need her for this meeting.”
“That’s why Squish is my favorite,” she said, crossing her one useful arm across her chest for
emphasis.
I had to admit that I also agreed with Ivan, but I ha ted the thought of putting Sephie through the
meeting when I knew she didn’t feel well. She had taken a turn for the worse because she was trying to
do too much too soon. I was worried this would set her back even further.
“He’sing here, right?” she asked.
“Yeah, nobody liked the idea of Boss going to the police precinct,” Viktor said.
“I can’t argue with that either. Then I just have to go downstairs for like an hour. Two at most. Then right
back up here to pass. out again for days on end. At least let me have a change of scenery for the two
hours I’m awake right now,” she said.
I sighed. “You tell me if you start to feel tired or worse, got it?” I looked at her as sternly as possible,
which wasn’t much.
“I promise,” she said. “I’ll just give Ivan the signal. He can carry me back up here without you having to
stop your meeting.” She paused for a moment, grinning. “Just as long as you promise me you’ll make
up some fantastical excuse as to why I had to leave. I will also ept something nonsensical, like “no
one can escape their destiny.””
“That makes me want to take you out of the middle of the meeting whether you need to leave or not,
princess,” Ivan said,ughing.
“Do antibiotics usually work this fast? Because it seems like you’re feeling a little better already, Seph,”
Stephen said.
“I’m not sure, but whatever keeps me from having to go back to the hospital, I’m all for,” she said.
Before we went down to my office for the meeting with the policemissioner, I had a few moments
alone with Sephie while I helped her change into something other than my sweatshirt and a pair of
leggings.
“I hope nothing is riding on me looking extra professional today,” she said, grinning at me as I cut the
sleeve off one of her long-sleeve shirts so she could wear it.
“I would really worry about the state of the world if it was,” I said, smirking at her. As much as I hated to
admit it, I was happy she was going to be in the meeting with me. I was still worried about her, but I
couldn’t deny that I valued her opinion of Henry. I’d always had a good rtionship with him, but after
everything that had happened, I was questioning every single working rtionship I had. I wouldn’t
trust anyone that didn’t get the okay from Sephie first.
“How long have you known Henry?” she asked as I helped her pull on a pair of jeans. She was getting
much better at putting
her leggings on, but the jeans were tighter and proving to be difficult for her with only one arm and
broken ribs.
“He’s beenmissioner for almost four years now. The mayor appointed him when he was elected.
They’re basically both running for re-election. If the mayor is re-elected, then Henry stays in. His
position isn’t guaranteed if a new mayor is elected,”
I said.
“So, this deal with Ricardo would look good for the mayor and would help him get elected for a second
term?”
“That’s what we’re hoping they’ll think. There are some people in the city that know about me and can
recognize me, but there are many that have no idea I exist. They just know that things are not good in
their area and want a solution. If the mayor can package this up as a sweeping reform on crime, the
people will dly vote him in for a second term,” I said, helping her with her shirt as well. I gathered her
hair up and lifted it off her neck so I could kiss the back of her neck. “Are you sure you’re going to be
warm enough in just this?”