02-17-2022, 03:00 AM
Oh.
Oh no, this wasn’t good. Was she asleep? Had she truly just fallen asleep?
Malachi could not blame her. It sounded like there was a lot on her mind, after all, and with the loss of her employer, along with everything else, she must have been awfully exhausted. He waited a moment in silence, watching her for any sign of wakefulness that he’d simply missed – but as suspected, she looked as if she’d drifted off.
With a light touch to her shoulder, Malachi whispered, “Miss Mason?”
If she were in a place more conducive to comfortable sleep, he would have left her alone, but as it was… if she slept like that for long, she’d wake up with a terrible pain in her neck.
Oh no, this wasn’t good. Was she asleep? Had she truly just fallen asleep?
Malachi could not blame her. It sounded like there was a lot on her mind, after all, and with the loss of her employer, along with everything else, she must have been awfully exhausted. He waited a moment in silence, watching her for any sign of wakefulness that he’d simply missed – but as suspected, she looked as if she’d drifted off.
With a light touch to her shoulder, Malachi whispered, “Miss Mason?”
If she were in a place more conducive to comfortable sleep, he would have left her alone, but as it was… if she slept like that for long, she’d wake up with a terrible pain in her neck.
