Page 231 of Sweet Nightmare
Twenty minutes.
Perfect.
“Fine.”
Stevie beams.
“Yay! Let’s do this!”
I walk toward the bathroom, then stop.
“Stevie?”
“Yeah?”
“I know what you and Mother have conspired against me.”
I look at her over my shoulder.
“I’m warning you. If you pull anything, I will—”
“Yeah, yeah,” she interrupts. “You’ll smother me to death with your super-cozy hugs.”
I ice her out but that only makes her laugh so much she snorts.
Damn her adorableness.
With that not-so-subtle warning, I disappear into the bathroom and close the door behind me.
With a heavy sigh, I glance at myself in the vanity mirror, and my mind drifts back to last night. To the feelings he awakened in me.
I close my eyes and calm my racing heart. Then I open my eyes again.
I wish I could go back to bed and wake up on my first day here.
With him.
Just him.
we have our first symptom.
Subject: We Have Our First Symptom.
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Artemis slept until 9:47 a.m.
Oh, she’s in loveeeee.
—Stevie
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