Chapter 25

Grace heard the door close and rolled off the couch before running to the bathroom. She filled a glass with water from the tap and drank it in big gulps. She wanted to quench her hunger with water. By the time Oliver returned, she had already drunk three glasses of water and felt full. When they met again, she blushed at the thought of her stomach growling just now and ran back to the couch before covering herself with a blanket to hide her face. He glanced at the glass on the bathroom sink and then at the lump under the blanket on the couch. He had a good idea of what had happened. Oliver held a simple sandwich in his hand and walked over. Then, he sat at the edge of the couch where Grace lay, his backside settling right at her waist. He reached out and pulled the blanket off her face. "Here's a sandwich. Get up and eat." She turned her head and indeed saw a sandwich in his hand. She didn't hesitate to reach out her small hand to take it. Oliver noticed that she was not bein