The two turned to look at Kevin.
"Welcome," Loretta said with a small smile. "We're choosing a movie."
She explained it without noticing anything wrong with their position.
Kevin's eyes moved from Loretta to Julian and then to the laptop in front of them.
Seeing Loretta sitting there and looking so much better than she had a week ago brought a quiet sense of relief to him. Her face had regained some of its colour, and there was more life in her eyes than there had been since she woke up.
For the past several weeks, he had watched her lie unconscious, surrounded by medical equipment. Now, seeing her sitting in the living room, smiling and talking as though nothing had happened, was a sight he had wanted to see without realizing it.
But his relief quickly faded when he noticed how close she and Julian were sitting.
His expression hardened.
"You sure have a lot of free time, Julian," he said coldly.
