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Chapter Fifteen
Katrina
“What doyou mean I can’t go in there? I’m her goddamn fiancé.”
Everything hurtsis the first thought that registers as I start to lift from the fog. My eyelids feel like they weigh a hundred pounds, but I keep fighting to open them.
“Katrina.” A voice calls to me, a murky sound that’s hard to distinguish. “Little thief, wake up for me.”
Lennox.
My eyes flutter open, and I grimace at the harsh lights.
“There you are,” he says, leaning over the bed and grabbing my hand. He looks tired and adorably rumpled, sitting in a chair that is too small for him.
I try to speak but all that comes out is a croak. With a smile, Lennox turns slightly and picks up a plastic cup of water. Carefully he helps me drink the cool liquid. Once I’m done, I give my surroundings a quick scan.
Yup, this is definitely a hospital room.
“What happened?” I rasp out, not able to recall how I got here. The last memory I have is jumping for Carlos…and then nothing.
Color bleaches out of Lennox’s face at my question. The look of happy relief he had seconds ago is gone in a flash. I hate that I’ve caused him this distress, but I need to know. Giving his hand a small squeeze, as much as I can muster at the moment, I silently encourage him.
“You were an idiot.” Okay, didn’t expect those words to come from his lips. “You jumped on a man who was holding a loaded gun. I swear to God, Katrina, I lost five years off my life and the image of you soaring through the air will haunt me forever.”
“The jump must have been impressive then, huh.”
He glares at me, the green orbs I love so much darkening with anger. My lips twitch with humor.
“That’s beside the point. Never do that shit again, Katrina. I’m not strong enough to go through that,this” —he gestures to the hospital room around him—“again.”
“You’re the strongest man I know,” I tell him truthfully. There’s no one on this planet who makes me feel as safe and cherished as Lennox.
“Not when it comes to you, little thief. Not when I know you’re in pain and there’s nothing I can do about it. I’ve never felt so weak as when they took you away in the ambulance. You hold my heart, Katrina, so when you’re not near, I feel incomplete.”
My throat grows tight with emotion, and I’m unable to hold back the tears that silently roll down my cheeks. When an uncontrollable hiccup escapes my lips, Lennox stands up and carefully climbs onto the small bed with me. Drawing me into his arms, he hugs me tight, kissing my hair.
This man is my everything. I know what he means about feeling vulnerable. Without him, I have always felt like a piece of me was missing. The years that we were apart I’d just been getting by, doing what I had to do to one day be free. It wasn’t until I fell back into his life that I began to feel again. To really live.
And love.
It has always been him. From the moment I tumbled into his arms, we were always meant to be together. Now there would be no stopping us.
“I love you,” I sniffle out, turning my head into his chest.
His hand rests on the back of my head and I feel his chest vibrate with the deep, soothing tones of his voice. “I love you too, little thief.”
My eyelids grow heavy. I don’t fight the pull, knowing that I need rest to get out of here. I can’t help but tease him one last time though.
“Did I hear you tell someone you were my fiancé?”
“Yes.”
“I don’t remember saying yes.”
“You will,” he whispers into my ear, making me smile as I fall asleep in his arms.
