Save Her Lose Us (Evangeline and Soren) novel Chapter 17

"Make a pot of hangover soup and bring it up."

Two minutes later, Soren opened his door and, standing at the top of the stairs, looked down and issued the order.

The ache from her earlier collision had dulled to numbness—it hardly hurt at all now. Evangeline said nothing, just moved quietly into the kitchen. She prepared the hangover soup, then carried it to the doorway of Soren's room.

Just as she was about to knock and enter, she heard a woman's voice inside.

Poppy was awake.

Evangeline hesitated for a couple of seconds, then set the soup down outside the door and knocked gently.

"I've left the soup outside," she said.

"Alright." Soren's tone was unreadable. "Got it."

Inside, Poppy was starting to sober up, glancing curiously around the unfamiliar room.

"You had too much to drink. You even tossed your house key into the river, so I brought you back here," Soren explained, assuming she was confused.

Earlier, after driving Poppy around the city for a while, their conversation had drifted to memories of the past. Poppy discovered there was wine in the car and suggested they pull over by the river to share a couple of drinks.

Soren had intended to refuse.

But Poppy had looked so sad, haunted by old regrets. And while it was true that the Fawkes family had played a part in their breakup, Soren knew he bore some of the blame as well. He couldn't bring himself to turn her away and ended up having a couple of glasses with her.

He knew Poppy couldn't hold her liquor, but he hadn't realized just how little it would take—after just two drinks, she was completely out of it.

Soren tried to take her home, but she tossed her house key into the river in a drunken stupor.

With no idea what the code to her apartment was, and unwilling to abandon a barely conscious woman at a hotel, Soren felt he had no choice but to bring her back to his place.

"I really owe you an apology for making such a spectacle of myself in front of you," Poppy said, rubbing her forehead sheepishly.

Soren waved it off. "Don't worry about it."

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