Chapter 178

"Where's my phone?" she asked, voice barely louder than a whisper. "Here." Conrad handed it over right away. "Charged it for you." Calliope took it and saw the time-already past 4 p.m. Aside from a few spam messages, the only real one was from Olivia earlier that morning. [You up? Call me when you wake! I've got some wild gossip for you!] She wasn't in the mood to reply yet and pocketed the phone. Conrad had already brought over a bowl of oatmeal. "Eat a little first, then rest again?" "I'm good. I'll eat in the living room." She tried to get up, but the moment her feet touched the floor, her legs gave out. Calliope sat back down, defeated. "Okay, fine. Bring it over." Conrad chuckled lowly and dragged a chair to sit across from her. "I'll feed you," his voice rough and teasing, "you really pushed yourself last night." Her cheeks instantly flushed red. She retorted, flustered, "Weren't you the one doing all the work? I barely moved..." She reached for the spoon, but her arm protested w