Two Can Play (Celeste and Dominic) novel Chapter 483

It all came together in my head then. Everything I had suffered before passing out, it had not been the sex. It had been the pill. The very thing that had carried me through that stage was the thing trying to kill me now.

I managed to sit up, slowly, carefully, and fixed her with the hardest look I could manage. "Who sent you? Why did you try to kill me?"

She laughed again, waving a hand. "Oh please. Do not be so dramatic. What would I gain from killing you? I saved your life, and I am yet to hear you say thank you."

"Then what are you doing in my house?"

"From experience, I knew you would suffer. It is your first time taking the pill, after all, and I have seen what that does to a body." She shrugged. "So I did a little digging, found out where you were staying, and came to check on you. I knocked. No answer. The door was unlocked, so I let myself in and found you naked and unconscious on the floor. I performed CPR on you, carried you to the bed, and woke you up. You are welcome."

I opened my mouth to retort, and a sharp sting bit the back of my thumb. I looked down and saw a thin line of blood welling from a tiny puncture.

My eyes went wide, and the woman gave me a lazy smile. "Relax. I pricked your finger as part of the process of waking you up. Standard practice."

I glared at her. "Get out of my room."

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