Freira moved back and pulled up her blanket to her mouth. “What are you still doing here?”
“You were not well last night,” Stanley said, he was by his side with his arm propped and his head on his hand. “I cannot just leave you alone while you are in that state.”
“I was only enduring a headache, nothing more."
He raised a brow at that, "I have asked one of our men to relay to Philip that you will not be working tonight, that you'll use your day off for this week."
"And you decided upon that without even consulting me?"
He did not answer. He sighed and chose to stand up to go to the lavatory. When he came back, he went to the kitchen and started rummaging her cupboards.
"There is not a single food in here," he commented. "Are you starving yourself?"
She fully covered herself with th
