Page 102 of Daddy's Trust
And that annoyed him.
“I’m going to make you some soup, all right?”
Surely that would be okay on her throat.
Addie shook her head and pointed at her stomach, pulling a face. Was she trying to say that she had an upset stomach?
“Your tummy is upset?” he said.
Addie nodded.
“Did you get your period yet?”
Unfortunately, right as he said that, the whole room had gone quiet. Addie went bright red, and she ducked under his jacket so her face was completely covered.
Shit. He hadn’t meant to embarrass her.
“Good one,” Dotty told him.
Fuck. How did he put his foot in his mouth so badly?
“Addie? Addie, will you look at me?”
But she didn’t move the jacket away from her head.
Cash sighed. “All right, Stowaway. I’m going to make some soup and see if that helps. Even if your tummy is upset, maybe having something in it will help. I’m really sorry. I didn’t mean to embarrass you.”
She reached out from under the jacket and grabbed hold of his upper thigh, squeezing it. That seemed to be an acknowledgment of his apology.
Getting up, he headed into the kitchen to make some soup.
That seemed to be the very least he could do.
Addie’s stomach was a mess,rolling and rioting, but she dipped her spoon into the soup since Cash had gone to the trouble of making it for her.
It didn’t help that he was sitting across from her, watching her every move. She felt like she was a bug under a microscope. She took a sip, swallowing it.
Addie couldn’t help but wince as it scraped against her raw throat. Had she injured her throat? She’d been using her voice a lot, not to mention she’d screamed several times in the last twenty-four hours. Was that it? It had hurt badly earlier today but after being chased by those men today . . . yeah, that had to be it.
“Shit, even the soup hurts your throat?” Cash said.
She shook her head, not wanting him to feel bad. He already felt terrible over mentioning her period in front of everybody.
Stone, Ink, and a truly terrifying guy called Captain had left, leaving them with Cash, Ralen, and Butch.
Dotty was in her room working on her laptop, while Butch was outside doing something, which left the four of them sitting around the kitchen table.
Monroe wasn’t eating and Ralen alternated between doing something on his phone and glaring at her sister.
So weird.
But that meant Cash had all of his attention on her.
“It looked like that hurt,” Cash said. “You winced. Maybe I can find something else.”
He stood suddenly and she jumped, letting out a small squeak of fear. Cash froze, and even Ralen and Monroe turned to her.
Oops, shit. She didn’t mean to do that.
