Bab 149: Why test it?

The room was dark except for the faint yellow glow of the lamp from the nightstand. The sinking of the mattress next to Alianna caused her to flutter her eyes open and she saw Caleb looking at her with eyes full of concern. It made her feel weak and embarrassed, she never wanted for him to see her in that state. And it was too late to hide now.

"Hey… How are you feeling?" Caleb placed a warm hand on her arm, stroking it gently as he waited for her to say something. 

Alianna breathed out deeply before she pushed herself up and faced him. She felt nervous as she gathered her thoughts, forcing herself to sound normal. "I'm okay now. How did you know? Did Damien call you? I told him not to—"

He was quick to shake his head and recounted how he found out. He was glad that the General Manager informed him as soon as a complaint was made — he would have hated himself if he had not known about what happened.