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She couldn’t breathe.
There was something pressing on her chest.
She choked, gasping, trying desperately to get air into her burning lungs.
But she couldn’t move. Someone was holding her down.
They were trying to kill her!
“Girl, wake up!”
No.No, she didn’t want to die. She had so much to do. And she wanted to kiss Gray one last time.
Burning. Burning.
“Maeve!Wake up! Girl, you better wake up right the fuck now!” Someone shook her and she opened her eyes, trying desperately to breathe in some air.
“Breathe, girl! Just fucking breathe.”
The desperation in his gaze stirred something inside her and she took a gasping breath. One then another.
Fuck.
Shit.
He gathered her close, holding her against him. Sitting on the armchair, he placed her on his lap and rocked her back and forth.
“Baby, fuck. Baby, fuck. Baby, fuck.”
She coughed, her lungs still burning. He rubbed her back and she stared up at him. His intense gaze studied her.
God, that felt so much worse than before. Definitely a nightmare. But she couldn’t remember any details except for not being able to breathe properly.
“Baby, you can’t do that to me. You fucking can’t stop breathing like that. Do you understand me?”
“I’m sorry,” she croaked.
“You’re not. If you were, you’d stop.” He pushed her head into his chest. Her nose was kind of smushed, but she didn’t care. His embrace felt too good for her to complain.
This was what she needed.
This was the only way she felt safe.
“I didn’t mean to . . . I don’t know what happened.”
“What happened is that I fucking stopped touching you. While I was holding you, you were fine. I got up to go to the bathroom and when I came back, you were practically fucking blue. New rule. No sleeping without me.”
“I can . . . I can follow that rule.”
“Damn right you can.”
“You’re getting better at this cuddling stuff,” she told him. “Except for smushing my nose.”
He drew her back, checking her nose with a gentle touch. “It’s fine.” Back went her face against his chest. “This isn’t cuddling.”
“It’s not?”
“No, it’s me never letting you the fuck go.”
