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To her surprise, he turned and left. Where was he going? Was he just going to leave her here? That seemed rude.
She attempted to stand, the world still spinning and her heart racing.
“What are you doing?” he asked.
Isa let out a small scream.
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
“Thought . . . thought you were l-leaving.”
“Jesus, baby. ‘Course I wasn’t. Was getting this.” He held up his jacket. Why would he be getting his jacket?
Oh, he must be cold.
Then he wrapped it around her and she stared at him in shock. She was surrounded by warmth and his scent. A sense of safety ran through her.
She wanted this feeling forever.
4
“Baby, I’m gonna pick you up. Tell me if it hurts.”
He didn’t wait for her agreement. She was lifted into his arms, held against his chest.
“Okay, baby?”
“Think I’m d-dreaming.”
He snorted. “If this is a dream, I’d hate to see your nightmares.”
They were pretty awful. Filled with fire-breathing koalas and man-eating mice.
“Fire-breathing koalas?” he asked.
“Can you read my mind? That’s a nice trick to have. Wish I could do that.”
“You were talking out loud,” he said dryly.
Well. Damn. That made much more sense.
He started walking to his truck. She wanted to grab hold of him, but her arms were trapped in the jacket. “Don’t drop me.”
“Never.”
Okay. She hadn’t expected him to be so vehement in his answer. But it helped ease the tension in her body.
Once he reached his truck, he shuffled her weight around so he could open the door. He set her down in the front passenger seat so she was sitting side-on with her legs hanging out. Then he crouched down. The inside light had come on when he opened the door, and she saw him running his gaze over her.
“I’m n-not injured. Not s-sure why I’m sh-shaking.”
“Shock.”
Shock? Okay, she guessed that made sense.
“Gonna call the ambulance,” he said, drawing his phone out of his pocket.
She shook her head. “No.” Her head pounded, her vision swimming.
