CHAPTER 356. A NAUGHTY GIRL. Who called us?

It was a bold challenge, but the problem was that Noémi had nothing to back it up with, and Levi knew it. He knew her better than he had realized, and that warm bed, along with all the accumulated exhaustion, interrupted her feminist pride speech within a minute and a half. By the two-minute mark, she was already snoring.

He tucked her in under the blankets and sat on the edge of the bed, watching her sleep. Outside, the storm was just beginning, so it would still be many hours before she could leave. He let her sleep and went to calm Larsen and the boys, who were in the library celebrating life.

The first whiskey brought him back to life, and by the third, he was feeling bold. But really, he was just happy that Noémi was safe.

He picked up Peter to bring him along and grabbed just the clothes that he knew Noémi liked. The afternoon passed quickly, and since she didn’t seem to have any intention of waking up for dinner, he did what he did b