When She’s Handy (Risdaverse Tale #13)

Chapter 16

CHAPTER

SIXTEEN

MELODY

I wake up the next morning and roll over in bed, reaching for Brux.

He’s not there.

I should have known it the moment I awoke, because my bed is narrow and his big body wasn’t taking up the majority of the space. There’s too much room for my limbs here without him. Even so, I touch the far side of the bed and it’s cold, and panic sets in.

He’s gone. He left me again.

A dish clanks in my kitchen, loud. There’s a quiet curse, and I roll over to see Brux moving around at the counter, his tail swaying ever so slightly as he stirs something.

He glances back at me, and his face falls. “Did I wake you? I was trying to make breakfast noodles.”

“It’s okay,” I tell him, and I can breathe again.