Liliana recoiled in horror at the very idea, which made her head throb, though that new fresh agony was mitigated by leveling an injured glare at him. How could he mock her as she lay here wracked in pain?

Truly unconscionable behavior.

"I suppose I could go for something light," she allowed, since apart from a resentful gurgle or two upon first waking, her stomach was fine. "While I will just hope that the chewing doesn't worsen my headache."

Because it just might, okay? You didn't know.

Her cold hand did slip into his though, since he was sitting right there and it would be churlish to ignore that. "The sunlight is awfully bright, too, which is terribly rude of it. Why they didn't build the master bedroom with a western view is beyond me."