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“You can, baby. If you keep holding on, you’re going to hurt yourself. I’m a doctor. You need to listen to me. Sometimes, I actually know what I’m talking about.”
She groaned. It really was starting to hurt.
“Here is what you’re going to do. I’m going to set you down in front of the toilet, and then you’ll let me go. I’ll give you some privacy—”
She let out a whimper. It wasn’t that she wanted him to stay. Nope. She really didn’t want that. But the idea of him being out of her sight . . .
Shit. She was being ridiculous.
“I’ll be fine,” she told him as he put her down. “You can go get the bags.”
Guilt filled her. It wasn’t up to him to bring in all her luggage.
“I’ll help you bring the luggage in.” She realized what a ridiculous offer it was almost immediately.
Shit. Idiot.
“I don’t think so, baby,” he said gently. “You stay in the hotel room. I'm going to pull all the curtains so you can’t see anything. All right?”
“Okay.”
“Sure you’ll be all right?”
“Uh-huh. I’m good.” She straightened her shoulders and tried to pretend that she had her life together.
Even if it was all a lie.
* * *
Hack managed allthe luggage in one go. His arms were full, though, and he banged a suitcase against the door as he tried to open it.
Crap.
He was probably going to give frighten her, making all this noise right outside the door.
To his shock, the door opened with her standing on the other side. She’d pulled off the black sweatshirt. Underneath was a neon green T-shirt that stated,A book a day keeps reality away.
Cute.
What wasn’t cute was how pale she was. He instantly dropped the luggage in the room and shut the door behind him.
“You shouldn’t be opening the door,” he scolded.
“I knew it was you,” she whispered. But her gaze was fixated on the door, as though she could see through it to the outside.
“Hey. Hey, look at me.” He clicked his fingers obnoxiously in front of her face. He waited for her to fire up at him. He’d been deliberately rude.
But to his shock, a look of gratitude filled her face before she flung herself at him again.
All right then.
It wasn’t like he didn’t enjoy holding her. Even when she climbed him like a tree.
Maybe especially when she climbed him. He held her tight as she trembled.
Poor baby.
Fucking Sav. It was clear she wasn’t just a bit scared of storms.
