MATTHEW WAS awake when Sophie returned to his hospital room.
The moment she stepped through the door, his gaze immediately found her. He had been staring out the window moments earlier, but his attention shifted the second he saw her.
For reasons she refused to examine too closely, something inside her immediately relaxed.
It was ridiculous.
The man had nearly gotten himself killed less than a week ago, and somehow he still had the ability to make her feel calmer simply by looking at her.
“You disappeared.”
His voice was rough from sleep, but there was an unmistakable accusation hidden beneath the words.
Sophie closed the door behind her and set her bag on the nearby chair. “You were asleep.”
Matthew's eyebrows lifted. “And?”
“And normal people generally allow injured patients to
