Chapter 178

"You're awake?"

"Yeah..."

Answering in a rasping voice as I stirred, Cain came over and sat down at the edge of the bed.

"I've already taken care of everything that needed doing, so just rest a little more."

Seeing his calm, unhurried face made my own frantic scramble to get up feel almost silly, and it settled my nerves too.

"You could've just woken me up... You must be busy too, Cain."

A small twinge of guilt washed over me at the thought of him handling my share of the paperwork while I slept. But Cain simply added, as if there were nothing to feel guilty about at all,

"I'm the one who kept you up all night. Least I can do."

So he does know. That he went too far!

I shot him a resentful little glare and got up from the bed.

My eyes happened to land on…