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“Quiet as a mouse.” She assured him. She didn’t want to admit to what he probably already knew, that she didn’t sleep much herself. That she’d come home from missions with her team too wired to sleep or so exhausted she’d immediately fall into the embrace of her nightmares. It was a miracle she ever found the energy to get up and still play the heiress, still smile and flounce for the cameras.
Instead of answering his question, she wandered around the counter, reaching out and brushing the hair off his forehead so she could get a good look at his face, deflecting the attention back onto him.
“You look terrible. You need sleep, not more coffee.”








