AllFreeNovel
Share Us
Micah gently touched her face.
“Your color is back and your skin is softer. It is warm,” Micah said.
Lucy glanced in the mirror. She was relieved to see that Micah was right. She touched her face. She felt like she had barely escaped the grim reaper.
She finished the bowl of soup and slid back down into the bed.
“I’m so tired,” she said. “I just want to sleep.”
Micah looked at her as though he was worried that if she went to sleep, she wouldn’t wake back up.
“I’ll be fine, I promise,” she said. “It would be natural that I’m tired after all of that.”
“I should call Dillon and see if they can recommend a doctor to come look at you.”
“I’m fine. My fingers and toes are fine. My insides are finally warmed up. I’ll be okay,” Lucy insisted.
Micah hesitated as though he was trying to decide whether he should call Dillon or let Lucy rest. He finally decided that rest was the best medicine. He undressed and scooted into bed next to her, holding Lucy close to him.
She sighed, cuddling close to him, finally feeling safe and warm.
The beeping of her phone made Lucy sit up in shock. She had slept for sixteen hours, and it was time to get up to go to work.
“You really should take the day off,” Micah said.
“I’m fine, really. I have no ill after effects. My fingers and toes are working, and my brain is clear.”
“Lucy, you almost died yesterday.”
“But I didn’t, thanks to you, and now I’m as good as ever.”
Micah pressed his lips together. Lucy knew that he wanted to argue with her, but he knew that it was useless. Once Lucy made up her mind, that was it.
Groaning, he rolled out of bed.
“I’m going to my room for a quick shower and a change of clothes. Will you have time for breakfast?”
“Yeah, if you hurry. You didn’t go back to your room yesterday?”
“Nope. I wasn’t going to leave you. I figured I would wake you up when I ordered dinner, but you didn’t even move.”
“Wow,” Lucy said. “You are sweet.”
“Should I mention that you almost died?”
Lucy laughed, brushed a kiss across his lips, and said, “You’d better hurry.”
She jumped in the shower, enjoying the feeling of the hot water cascading over her.
“I will never take hot water for granted ever again,” she muttered to herself.
She thought about Micah and how caring he was. He didn’t have to stay with her all day, but he did. She knew that he cared about her and that he loved her.
“There is a huge difference between friendship love and romantic love,” Lucy reminded herself. “I want both.”
Even if she did fall in love with Micah, she had to know that he was in love with her, too, before she would agree to the mating ceremony. It couldn’t be a one-sided love.
Lucy knew that Micah wanted to try to convince her to stay in the room, but she cut him off. “I am sure that I would go stir-crazy if I stayed in my room. You know that I get cabin fever easily, and since I feel like my normal self, I’m going to work.”
