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“Why do you think you’ll mess it up?”
I shrugged. “I have this knack for doing that.”
“No, you don’t. You only think you do. But tell you what. Let’s take it a day at a time. When you’re ready, you say the word. But like I said, I’m not going anywhere. Okay?”
“Yeah, okay.” I sniffed.
“You know something?”
“What?”
“You have the greatest nipples.” And he grinned that super sexy smile of his and I laughed and just shook my head.
He lifted me off him and stood me up between his legs. Then he pulled me closer and kissed my stomach. His mouth roamed over to the two scars from the stab wounds and kissed those next.
He lifted his head and said, “I never told you this, but that night the call came in and I got to the OR, when I saw it was you, I flipped out. I went into the locker room and punched a hole in a wall and then followed it with a vicious kick. They had to replace a section of sheetrock. I was freaking out until all the scans came back and I knew you were going to be okay. Alexia, I really did hold your hand throughout the entire surgery. I told my partner if he fucked it up, I’d kill him. I was a big pain in the ass while he fixed you up. We had some words, you might say.”
I couldn’t breathe for a moment. “I didn’t know.”
“I know you didn’t. You acted like you didn’t want to have anything to do with me. I wasn’t going to tell you how psycho I went. Like I said last night, I think I fell in love with you that first time I saw you in Camellia's. When you took my drink order.”
“Grey Goose extra dirty martini with extra olives. My favorite.”
“I couldn’t stop watching you. That’s why I acted like I was ignorant about the menu choices. I loved the sound of your voice. You made the food sound absolutely delicious.”
I laughed. “It was my job.”
“No, babe, it was all you.” He kissed my stomach again and lifted his eyes to mine. “Look, I’m not gonna lie. I could stay naked with you in here forever. But, since this is your first time on the TSCSC, let’s go back up so you can enjoy the day.”
The rest of the day was perfect. Jack made a huge loop, and when the sun started to sink into the horizon, he headed back to the marina. It was super dark by the time we docked, and Pearce asked if I wanted to spend the night on the boat.
I declined because I didn’t have anything with me. I wanted to go home and gather some things because he’d already informed me I was staying with him again. He was on call the next day, Sunday, but he wanted me all for himself that night.
Eleven
We walked into Pearce’s house at eight o’clock and I plugged my iPhone in because it was dead. As soon as I did, it fired up with five missed called and ten texts from Terri wanting to know where I was.
I immediately called her. I tried to scoot away from Pearce, but he intentionally stalked me and wouldn’t let me escape his arms.
“Where the hell are you? I was giving you till ten to call me before I called the police. Geez, Lex, I’ve been calling you since last night.”
She yelled so loud in the phone. Pearce heard every word.
“You’d better tell her about me,” he said.
“Who’s that? Where are you?” she demanded to know.
“Calm down, Terr, I’m at Pearce’s.”
“Who?”
“Pearce.”
“You mean Smoky Eyes?”
I flicked my gaze towards him, and his brows arched. My face started to burn. That little moniker was out of the bag now.
“Yeah, Terri, that’s right. Smoky Eyes.”
