<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Sebastian smoothed a hand down Ayaan's arm in an attempt to soothe him, applying a little pressure to stop him from trying to climb out of the bed again. "No, no. It's all right. I don't mind at all. You've only been asleep for a few hours, barely anything at all considering how drained you must be. Lydia knows you're here and she's fine with it, at least while you're recovering."<br/>
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That was not necessarily the case. Lydia was of the belief that Sebastian had deposited Ayaan back at his quarters and had approved nothing else. But Sebastian couldn't very well tell Ayaan that. At one inkling that he could be upsetting his master, he'd scatter into the wind. And Sebastian needed this time to gain Ayaan's trust. </span></span>