He took her to the front room and sat on the sofa, keeping her on his lap. He heard someone come in behind him and looked up to see Cassie’s frightened look.

“Is she okay?” Cassie asked.

“I don’t know,” he replied. “She just… fainted.”

Chloe groaned in his arms and opened her eyes. When she focused on him she smiled softly before her brain engaged and she remembered she was angry at him. He still didn’t know why. She struggled to get off his lap but he ...