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‘Maybe it’s because you’re acting like one. Now eat before I send the chef in to present his finest creation.’ Alfred put the breakfast tray on the bed in front of me. ‘It does look like crap,’ he whispered to Cole on his way out as they both made fun of my misery.
At least it didn’t taste as bad as it looked... Okay. Who was I lying to? We’re talking baby food best-case scenario.
Let’s just say I barely finished my first meal in days as Cole was kind enough to describe all the possible junk food he’d ever eaten from chicken crispy strips to the Turkish delicacies.
‘You are pure evil,’ I grumbled, giving him the tray so I could have room to get out of bed.
‘I promise to take you to the best pizza place in town as soon as you recover.’ He helped me dispose of my dishes, then returned next to my bed.
‘That’s the best you can do, pizza?’
‘Someone’s got pretentious.’ He arched an eyebrow.
‘No... I didn’t mean that’s all you can manage when it comes to luxury... More like when it comes to calories.’ I laughed, amused that he thought I would ever choose a fancy restaurant over any kind of street food. ‘I want a burger and fries...anda banana split. Extra-large!’
‘Banana split! Really? I don’t know about the split, but I already have the banana.’ He laughed at his own joke. Narcissist.
‘Since you’re acting like a monkey, I guess it’s a win-win situation. You can eat it yourself.’
‘Ouch. You grew fangs, Mouse. Not sure if that pisses me off or turns me on.’ A satisfied grin surfaced on the corner of his lips. No need to decide which one of the options he was leaning towards. ‘Burgers and bananas. Sounds like a perfect plan to me.’
‘Just drop it and help me get dressed.’ I tried moving my feet a little, but it was pretty obvious that I couldn’t do it on my own— at least not that day.
‘I’ve already seen you naked once today. So, why not?’
‘Can you just be a decent human being for a second?’ I was having doubts about my judgment since I asked him the question in the first place.
‘I’m not sure. Never tried it before.’ Again, with his jokes...
‘Well, you should start now.’ I tried to lift myself higher on the pillows, but the instant I made an effort to rearrange myself, a sharp pain was bolting from my ribs to my spine. ‘Arghhh.’ I couldn’t control an enraged reaction since my body was barely mine to control. And I didn’t mean it in that mesmerizing way in which my kings were majestically claiming me as their own. No, I meant it in that helplessly anguishing way in which the pain was much more than I’d bargained for, and I had to fight for each breath of air.
‘You asked for my help, and the next second you went on to fuck things up all on your own. Just don’t move. That green shit you just ate didn’t glue your ribs back together.’ He jolted from his place to snatch the dress and place it on the bed.
Not a single word on my part this time. I just followed him with my gaze as he returned to gently pull the sheets down from my body.
An instant knot formed in the pit of my stomach, letting the old me surface in the awkwardness of the moment. Sure, I was also sitting naked in front of him less than an hour ago, but that was just a crazy impulse. This time around, it felt as if I was raising a storm on a sea that had just become still.
Maybe it wouldn’t have felt so tormentingly real if it wasn’t for his cobalt blue eyes roaming through every goosebump of my exposed skin. Yet, they were doing just that, feeding off each involuntary shiver and getting his teeth to clench, seeing the greenish purple bruises that were still covering my body.
‘Can you raise your arms?’ he asked while arranging the dress so he could put it over my head.
Could I? I tried lifting them, and they raised only ten inches above the sheet. ‘That’s about it,’ I murmured, trying to hide my slight state of panic.
‘That’s okay, Mouse.’ Cole suddenly turned serious on me. Without letting me wait too long, he glided the dress over my head, then brought my shoulders to rest on his taut chest. ‘It’s going to be okay,’ he whispered again while wrapping his arms around me. ‘Not sure if I’m going to be okay though. You’ve already got me breaking my own rules.’ He pulled a pair of new woman panties out of one of his pockets. ‘Who would have ever thought I was going to help you put them on instead of taking them off?’
‘I guess there’s a time for everything,’ I said, lifting my head just a little to look into the deep pools reflecting in his eyes.
Why did it feel like it was the right time for thateverything?
My lips were twitching to touch his, but I knew I couldn’t give in. I couldn’t fall into a trap. I was the hunter this time, and no matter how appetizingly delicious the thought of kissing him may have been, I had to resist it. Whoever thought it could be so hard, especially as he drove his hands over my feet, to slip that tiny piece of material to where it belonged? His fingertips lustfully brushed over my thighs, ascending to glide over the curves of my posterior, then carefully rearranged the edges of the material.
My throat went dry as a coil of tormented need flashed through my core.
As if he knew that, his thumb ran over the center of the material to straighten it to perfection, forcing a wail impossible to contain to sneak out my lips.
‘You know, I’m a mess when it comes to figuring out how to arrange these things. I think it would normally take me an hour to get it right,’ Cole said with hidden under-meaning rolling off his tongue. ‘But you have that fractured rib, and the doctor said don’t move too much for another minimum of two weeks. So, I guess I’ll have to leave them as they are.’ He ran his hand over the material again while I was hoping he didn’t feel the pool of melting desire he just created.
Though luck, as always, wasn’t on my side, and his lips moved to tell a truth I didn’t want to hear. ‘I bet you’re wet by now.’
