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“Can I visit you there? Is the rehab place near your home? Or school? Maybe I could come there, and we could work on the submissions from there?” she suggested with cautious hope lacing every word.
“What about driving? My mom said your sister brought you to the house the other day. And you made an incredible impression on her, by the way. I think she’s almost as smitten with you as I am.” I chuckled through a wide grin.
“Smitten, huh?” she teased. “That sounds about right from where I’m sitting, too.”
“Well, I can think of a few other adjectives and adverbs to use when describing my feelings for you. Trust me, I’ve had a lot of time to think while lying here.”
“It’s settled, then,” she said with finality. “I’ll come tomorrow. You can tell me all about these feelings of yours.” Her tone was playful but grew serious when she added, “We can get some work done too. If you’re up to it, of course.”
But I still worried. “If I talk to the dean, and he pulls the plug on the internship program for the summer…”
“Then I’ll be very disappointed because I really need that scholarship to help with grad school. But Andrew, internship or not, my feelings for you aren’t going to change.”
I wanted to reciprocate with the commitment. I wanted it more than anything. But if I didn’t regain the use of my legs, I’d never saddle the young, vibrant, intoxicating woman with that. I wanted her to be my girlfriend, not my caregiver. But how the hell did I explain all that to her?
“I’m going to let you go. I’m so tired from the past couple of days, and I want to be fresh and ready to work when I get there tomorrow. Sleep well. I hope you dream of me,” she said in the sultriest voice I’d ever heard from her.
And she disconnected the call without another word from me. A war was taking place inside me. My head kept saying don’t let her come, but every other part of me was pulling out the poster board and paints to make welcome signs for the woman.
I wanted to hold her in my arms and run my nose along her skin. Just thinking of that morning glory scent and her silky-smooth skin made my dick perk up for the first time since I woke up from the accident.
Thank God for screwed-up miracles. I had deep concern that I had lost sensation between my legs as well, because there hadn’t even been the usual morning erection since I’d been hit. But I hadn’t allowed myself to think of her in any other way besides not wanting her to see me. Now that I had, I was so damn thankful things seemed to be in working order.
I tossed the phone on the mattress, not really caring where it landed. Now that I’d spoken to Maye, I wasn’t interested in much else. Sinking down deeper into the pillows my mom had piled behind me, I really tried to organize my thoughts.
Maye and I barely knew each other on a personal level. We both marveled at the apparent chemistry we shared, but there was so much more to the woman than my physical attraction to her. As if to prove it wasn’t a fluke, my cock twitched again as I thought of her.
Marlin would be back for my shower any moment, though. The last thing I wanted to encourage was an erection.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
MAYE
The moment Shepperd came home, I secured the car for the next day. As soon as the doctor cleared me to drive, I was heading over to see my guy. It was probably silly to think of him as mine, but it made me smile anyway.
Something was definitely off with him when we spoke on the phone, but I chalked it up to the situation he was in. Lying around injured was depressing. No matter how mentally sound you were or how many visitors you had, it was tough dealing with physical limitations.
“I need the car tomorrow,” I told my twin. “I have a doctor’s appointment.”
“I can drop you off,” she said as though the car was just hers and she determined the schedule of its use.
“No, that won’t work tomorrow. I have things I need to do after the appointment. I can drop you somewhere, though.”
“Hell if I’m going to sit around here all day while you run around. Where else do you have to go? I’ll either tag along or plan my day around what you need to do.”
“Shep, no. I really need the car tomorrow.” Maybe changing the subject would be best. I could see all her tells of losing her temper appear, and I was way too exhausted to deal with her. If we started arguing, I’d end up giving in simply because I didn’t have the energy to fight.
“Hannah had the baby. Did you get everyone’s messages? She was really bummed you weren’t there.”
“I doubt that,” she said with no emotion.
“Shep! Why would you say that?” I asked but mentally checked myself.
She was definitely in a mood, and normally when she was like that, she took every comment and every question as a personal dig.
She flopped on her bed and dug her phone out of her back pocket. “We’re not exactly BFFs, you know? I’m sure with everyone else buzzing around, I wasn’t even missed.”
“So not true.” I stared at her for a few moments, but she scrolled on her phone continuously and wouldn’t look up.
