Nadia's POV

"I heard you were sick," he said in that annoyingly smug voice.

"Obviously," I said.

He ignored me, walked past the kids sprinting around my room, and picked up the two black puppies to place them on my bed. They instantly started jumping around me, running up to give my face tongue kisses, and I couldn't help but smile.

"Did-did you bring them?" I asked, looking up at Mason, who stood beside me.

"Don't get the wrong idea," Mason said, ...