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“I know.” I grinned, feeling another weight lift from my shoulders.
It was vital to me that they accepted her. We’d be together until the very end, there wasn’t space for the
smallest rift. I wanted Nova to thrive and blossom by my side. She deserved the kind of life I intended to give her.
Getting her to accept all these changes and the world I’d implemented her into, well, that was another task entirely.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
NOVA
I was getting pretty damn tired of being knocked out so Rhett could change up my scenery. Was it even safe to drug someone this often, in such a short span of time?
I’d been moved to the massive bed. Still in nothing but my bra and underwear, a light throw was covering my body. I sat up just as a door on the far side of the room swung open, giving me a full-frontal view of Rhys.
He’d obviously just come from the shower. His hair was darker than usual, and his skin was damp. My eyes traveled from the lotus flower on his neck to his inked torso.
The goddess scrawled across his abs and sticking her tongue out, mocked my momentary awed state. The imprint of his cock made a very noticeable bulge beneath the towel wrapped around his waist. He cleared his throat, and my gaze flew back to his. A wolfish smile was in place.
I scowled at him. “How many times are you going to have me drugged?”
“I do it for your own good.”
“You drug me for my own good?” Bitter sarcasm dripped from my words.
He ate up the distance between us with predatory steps. “The first time, I didn’t want to man-handle you the entire drive to our destination or put you in the trunk. The second time, you were trying to escape me. And you wouldn’t have let yourself be examined. The last time, I knew you wouldn’t be compliant once I freed you from the chair.”
“You didn’t know anything. You assumed.”
He got to the end of the bed, and I brought my knees to my chest, huddling against the headboard.
“I don’t base anything I do on assumptions, baby-girl. You’re unpredictable and looking for a chance to run. Unfortunately for you, I know your moves before you make them.”
I didn’t know how to respond to that. I chose to focus on something he’d just said. “What do you mean by examined?”
“I mean, I had a physician come in and check you over the minute you got here.”
“What? Why? There’s nothing wrong with me.”
“That isn’t why I had her come. Plus, you hurt your knees.”
I gawked at him, my mask slipping. Is that where that goop came from?
I’d had a few scratches from falling when I got out of the car. They weren’t serious enough to need a doctor. Who had doctors on house call, anyway?
He moved to the other side of the king-sized bed and began tossing decorative pillows onto the floor.
“What are you doing?”
“Laying down.”
Wrapping an arm around my knees, I peered over at him through lowered lashes.
“You’re going to sleep?”
“Yes.”
“Here?” A hint of disbelief wrapped my question.
