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She opened her eyes and stared into green ones.
Bram.
Her heart squeezed. He was holding her.
“God, sunshine, are you okay?” His voice was a deep rumble with that accent she loved.
“I—” She shifted, and her head swam. She let out a low moan.
She saw panic flare in his eyes before he hid it.
No, that couldn’t be right. Bram was solid and unshakable as a rock. Nothing panicked him.
“She needs a doctor.” He rose with her in his arms. “Don’t move, Addie. Take it easy.”
Addie wasn’t small. She was tall, but he lifted her like she weighed nothing.
Then, she noticed the healing bruises on his face. They circled his eye, and there was a bandage at his temple. Her fingers reached up to touch him.
“You’re hurt,” she murmured.
“It’s nothing,” he mumbled.
It didn’t look like nothing. A part of her hated the idea of him injured.
“She needs a doctor,” he said again. “Get Daniel. I’m taking her back to the Sentinel Security warehouse.”
She realized that he was talking to the other two people in the room.
Addie tried to think. She couldn’t leave. “I’m work—”
“Shh, Addie. We’ll get you checked first.”
Her head was fuzzy, and she felt faint. She thought it best not to tell him about the wave of nausea rushing over her.
The worst of her morning sickness had passed, thank the stars, but every now and then, she did feel unsteady.
“What’s going on here?”
The deep, raspy voice belonged to her new boss. Paddy Ryan was Irish-American through and through. He took great pride in his newest Irish bar, On the Rocks. He’d taken her on when no one else would. She tried to straighten in Bram’s arms.
But Bram’s hold tightened, and she was distracted by the way his huge biceps strained against his white shirt. He gently set her down, but kept his arms around her.
“Addie fainted,” Bram said. “I’m taking her to get checked by a doctor.”
“Paddy, I’m fine,” she rushed to assure her boss.
Paddy stood in the doorway with his arms crossed. He was in his early sixties, with gray hair, and a scruffy gray beard. “You always say that, even when you’re not.”
She huffed out a breath. “That’s not true.”
“Yes, it is.” Paddy’s gaze never left Bram. “And who are you?” her boss demanded.
“We’re friends of Addie’s,” the stunning, redheaded woman said. She shot Paddy a dazzling smile.
“As far as I know, she doesn’t have any friends.” Paddy scowled. “She’s alone and pregnant.”
Again, Addie felt Bram’s arms convulse.
