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It took entirely too long to be released from the hospital, but at least now I have a better understanding of how my patients must feel. Sawyer opens the door of his SUV, then, once I’m seated, leans over and buckles my seatbelt for me. “Pretty sure I can buckle myself in, Kingston.”
“Pretty sure you’re going to have to deal with me hovering for at least a day, Red.”
He carefully shuts the door so it doesn’t slam, then rounds the front and climbs in behind the wheel. “Do we need to stop anywhere?”
“No.” I hold up the bag with the prescriptions the hospital pharmacy filled for me. “I’ve got everything I need.”
“Then let’s go home.”
Those words have never sounded so good, and I’m pretty sure it’s because of the man saying them. I lean my head back and close my eyes, still exhausted from the long night.
We drive in silence until Sawyer turns onto our street. “My house or yours?”
“I really want my own bed, if that’s okay.”
He pulls into my driveway and cuts the engine. “I’ll do whatever you need, Red.”
“You can bring Zeus over if you want.”
Sawyer’s bottomless blue eyes search my face for a moment before he nods. “I’ll check in on him later. Right now, let’s get you upstairs and into bed.”
I cock a brow and press my lips together, holding back a smile.
“I mean to sleep,” he volleys back with a gorgeous grin.
Once we’re in my room, Sawyer nods toward my bed. “Sit.”
“Aww. Do I get a treat for listening like a good girl too?” I mock but sit anyway.
He squats in front of me and peels my jeans down my legs, then manages to work my shirt over my head and off me without too much pain.
“Thank you.” I pull my legs up and tuck them under the blanket, watching with rapt attention as he pulls his shirt over his head and shucks off his jeans. This man is gorgeous. Even after so little sleep for either of us, he still makes me breathless.
“My eyes are up here, Red. Now move over.” He pulls the blanket back and climbs in behind me.
I lean my head against his chest, cursing the sling and my dislocated shoulder for making it so difficult to get close. “Sawyer...”
“Hmm...?”
“You were right.” Good God. Even as drained as I am, those words feel like an act of emotional warfare. “And before you get cocky about it, fair warning. Those shouldn’t be words you get used to hearing from my lips. Got it?”
He chuckles, and the deep sound reverberates against my skin and lights a fire in me. Like I’m in any shape to fan those flames today. “I’m always right, Red. But it’s nice to hear you admit it for a change. Care to tell me what you’re talking about this time?”
“You know.” I glare and somehow manage to hold back my smile. “If I could shove you off this bed without hurting myself worse, I would.”
A crooked smile pulls at his lips as he fingers the strap of my bra. “You say the sexiest things, baby. Tell me more.”
I laugh so hard my head pounds. “Promise it will always be like this?”
He moves his big body up, so he’s looking down at me. His eyes caress my face as if his fingers are touching me before he finally presses a gentle kiss against my lips. “Promise me forever?”
“What?” My mind spins, and my heart races as I try to process his words.
Forever.
“I love you, Wren.” He wraps a hand around my head and leans in close as shivers breakout over my skin. “I love your strength, and your drive, and your beauty, and your sarcastic sense of humor. I want to be the reason you don’t want to spend all your time at the office. I want to be that thing you do for yourself for the rest of your life.”
