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3/3 Morning Embrace Chapter 694 Unexpected Morning Embrace " Last night , " Dawn replied , sympathy thick in her little voice . " Daddy had a terrible nightmare . He was so pitiful . Mommy and I let him sleep with us ." " Pitiful ? " Rowan repeated under his breath , the word tasting like iron .. Rowan let out a short , cold laugh . " Julius , since when did you learn to play the victim ? " The racket grated on Julius ' nerves , pulling a frown across his face . Too loud . Slowly he opened his eyes and leveled them at Rowan . " I don't need to play the victim to sleep beside wife and child .

" my " Quinn is still recovering ." Rowan shot back , irritation flaring . " You have some nerve clinging to her like a koala . If she wakes up bruised anywhere , I swear you'll answer to me . " He had walked in moments earlier to find his brother - in - law wrapped around Quinn like some overgrown koala , while poor Dawn clutched the corner of the quilt on the verge of rolling off the bed " Rowan , I'm fine , " Quinn said , before he could continue . " Julius was dead - asleep . He didn't even know he in her dreams . I was holding me . And Dawn ? The bed is enormous .

She must have spun herself to the ed ven know he When we fell asleep , she was right between us . " Quinn sat propped against the headboard , her movements slow and careful after the accident . She watched her little girl , already lost to dreams , roll across the mattress in restless circles . The blanket still swaddled the child , so Quinn let the wandering continue ; her own body was too stiff to rearrange small limbs tonight . Rowan's voice cut through the quiet . " Now that he's awake , isn't it time he let you go ? " He fixed Julius with a stare sharp enough to slice stone .

One more second of delay and Rowan would have hauled the man up by force . Only then did Julius register the compromising sprawl of his own limbs - face pressed against Quinn's warm chest , arms cinched around her waist , one leg casually draped over hers like a possessive claim . Good Lord , how did this happen ? In every memory he possessed , his sleeping posture was disciplined , almost military ; this tangle of limbs felt like an unruly confession . Julius snapped upright , dragging in a sharp breath , then turned to Quinn . " Are you hurt at all ?

" Concern threaded his voice before he even noticed it himself . " I'm fine , " Quinn answered , her smile lighting the room . " What about you - did you manage any real rest ? " Julius found himself caught by that smile , as though the world had narrowed to the gentle curve of her lips ; for a moment , he could not remember how to look anywhere else . Just then , Rowan's cell phone shattered the fragile hush , its ringtone slicing across the early light like a summons from the outside world .

1/2 , MIGN a Chapter 694 Unexpected Morning Embrace He answered , listened for a breath , then spoke in clipped tones . " Yes , she's right here with me . If you need to say something , tell her yourself . " Rowan lowered the handset to Quinn , his expression unreadable . " It's Harlan ," he said . " The moment he learned you were alive , he rang me ." Color drained from Julius ' face . As Quinn lifted the phone toward her ear , his hand shot out on instinct , closing around her wrist - an unspoken plea blazing in his tightened grip .

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