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I sighed. I would worry about changing her opinion of me later. In the meantime, I needed to find out where I was and how I was rescued and ended up here. I tried to sit up and groaned at the pain in my side. I guessed I had a broken rib or two, after all.
“Are you in pain?” she asked, and I groaned again in answer. My head spun, and I felt disorientated.
“Here, take these,” she held up some pills and a glass of water in front of me.
“They are for the pain; Derrick left them for you last night when he checked you over. You have two broken ribs and some minor cuts from that asshole’s ring, but otherwise, you only have a lot of bruises. I guess you’re lucky, considering the beating you were getting.”
She sat on the bed beside me. I put the pills in my mouth, and she helped me sip some water before asking, “Do you remember what happened?”
She was still sitting close to me on the bed. I shook my head. I couldn’t speak, not simply because of my swollen mouth but more because of the effect she had on me. When she was near, my usually cool, unaffected nature was the complete opposite; hot and very much affected. It was disconcerting, and yet I found I liked it. Also, I wanted to find out what she knew before I said anything.
“You were attacked, and some guys were beating you up. Do you remember any of that?” she asked, her eyes searching mine as she waited for me to answer.
I nodded slowly. More images flashed through my mind as the memories came flooding back, memories of a tiny figure in black and a woman’s voice telling me, “We need to get out of here.” I could vaguely remember catching a glimpse of blonde hair as my rescuer helped me up some stairs, and I remembered thinking that the hair reminded me of Little Miss Hot Mess but dismissing the idea at the time.
I looked at the woman before me in awe as I realised that it was, in fact, her. Somehow, I was rescued by the woman I had been fantasising about for the last week. How was that for a weird coincidence? And how the hell did that happen?
I really needed to ask her, but my head was still so fuzzy, and I still couldn’t seem to think clearly enough to form the question.
“Do you remember me?” she asked.
I nodded, “Little Miss Hot Mess!”
“Huh?” she asked, looking at me as if my brain was addled, “What are you talking about?”
“You,” I pointed at her, “The waitress from Glitz, my Little Miss Hot Mess!” I explained, forcing the words out.
“You were a real mess covered in cream and cake but also really hot,” I told her. The words were coming a bit easier now. “I didn’t know your name, so I gave you one,” I said, making a show of checking her out.
I gulped. My waitress was even hotter than I remembered.
“I’m Ash, by the way,” I added, realising I still hadn’t introduced myself. My words were coming a bit more easily now.
“Gracie,” she said quickly, “My name is Gracie!”
“I know. Now. Nice to meet you properly, Gracie,” I nodded my head more vigorously this time and grimaced at the sharp pain in my head.
“Wait, we need to talk, but I’m getting you an ice pack first, so stay there, and I will be back in a minute,” she said, rushing from the room.
She returned a short while later with an ice pack and held it to my face over my left eye. I leaned into her and smelled her wrist. She smelled good. I wanted to lick her. Instead, I took the ice pack and pulled away from her slightly before I could do something stupid like try to kiss her again.Now was not the time!I reminded myself sternly. Besides, I wasn’t in any fit state to do that. Not that my cock was convinced. It took that moment to decide to jerk, and I moved my legs to cover the motion. Geez, I must have lost quite a bit of blood during the beating, but it obviously wasn’t enough to affect that part of my anatomy.
Despite my pain, I really wanted to re-enact last week’s kiss. Maybe if I asked, my Little Miss Hot Mess would take pity on me and kiss me. Although, the way I looked right now, I’d probably scare her off for good. I had to behave myself and make a better impression than I had.
“So, what was that all about last night?” she questioned, oblivious to my internal musings.
I hesitated. I was not sure what I should say, so I decided to keep it as simple as possible, but first, I needed to know what she knew.
“How about you tell me what you saw and heard and how you got me out? Then I will tell you how I got there in the first place?”
She told me, and I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. This beautiful woman had rushed into a basement, risking her life to face two men and help a virtual stranger who had acted like a jerk to her only days before. Not only that, but she also actually managed to rescue me. On her own. Wow! I looked at her with a mix of awe and lust. This girl was a badass, and it was hot!
“I can’t believe you not only went in there to help me after I had been such a jerk to you the other night, but you also beat the two guys up and then rescued me!” I said incredulously.
She blushed but grinned at me and admitted, “It was kind of cool!”
Cool? Wow.I was grinning inside because my face wouldn’t allow me to do it for real. This girl was amazing!
She told me how we got back to her place and that it was Derrick who had fixed me up. I was grateful for that. The pain medication was starting to kick in, but even with it, my broken ribs ached like fuck.
