Love in Disguise by Penelope Rivers

Author:Penelope Rivers [Rivers, Penelope]
Language: nld
Format: epub
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

“Wel,” the doctor grunted, “he's going to be fine.”

“Are you sure?” Ajax cried, standing outside the

door the next morning, looking worried. “He seemed so

il last night…like he was going to die.”

In response, the doctor shifted his mustache back

and forth. Ajax gripped his hands together, knowing

that this was al his fault. And he was also worried. The

doctor seemed to be money grubbing to him, and he

hoped that he wouldn't turn the two of them in to

Medea to get a reward.

“I must admit I'm a bit baffled.” The doctor

scratched his nose. “Last night that man was screaming

in agony, and this morning he woke up feeling just fine.

It wasn't like any ilness I've ever seen. You can go in to

see him now. He's stil a bit weak, but if he keeps

feeling okay he should be able to move on again

tomorrow.”

“And your fee?” Ajax asked.

“Wel, I didn't do anything,” the doctor said. “He

got better on his own. The only thing I did was put him

in an ice bath to cool him down.”

Maybe he wasn't such a bad man after al.

“Don't be ridiculous,” Ajax responded, digging in

his purse. “I wouldn't have known what to do. Besides,

you came in the middle of the night to look after him.

You deserve at least your normal fee.”

“Fifty pennies, then,” the doctor commented.

“That's your usual fee?”

This wasn't much at al in comparison to what a

normal doctor cost, and since it was in the middle of the

night as wel… Ajax was taken aback again, seeing as

he was so mean one second and so nice the next.

Ajax handed the doctor one hundred pennies, and

the man's eyes widened in surprise.

“Keep the change,” he said lightly. “And thank you

for taking such good care of Julian. He would have died

without you.”

As it was, he didn't think it hurt to use regular

names. The whole town knew that they weren't who

their papers said they were.

After the doctor had left, he opened the door

nervously, wondering if Julian was mad at him. His lover

was lying in the bed in an al-white robe, his hair

surrounding his pale face. He was looking much better

than yesterday, though, his cheeks having much more

color in them. When he saw Ajax, he smiled.

“I'm so sorry,” Julian whispered. “I don't know

what's the matter with me. I've never been this frail

before. I just keep causing trouble.”

Ajax instantly became relieved. Definitely this was

the same old Julian… He leaned forward, hugging him

in his arms, Julian's head resting on his chest. The sun

filtered through the window, engulfing them both, and he

was just glad that his lover hadn't died on him. If he

had, Ajax would have kiled himself for sure.

“How are you feeling?” Ajax asked softly. “Are you

okay?”

“Yes.” Julian nodded. “Better than last night

anyway. I've never been in that much pain before. It felt

like something was trying to rip my soul from my body.”

“Did you notice,” Ajax said softly, “that you only

got il when you got close to the building? It's like it

does something to you.”

“It wasn't just the building that that did it,” Julian

whispered. “It was that creature we saw last night.

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