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His lips twitched. “I like to think I do.”
“Whew. Because you could conquer countries with that look.”
This time, he definitely smiled. “As Sadie’s Daddy, I mostly use it to warn her when she’s close to earning herself a punishment.”
She blushed from a mix of embarrassment and want.
God. Was that something she wanted? For more than just a night or a short holiday? Did she want a man who would also be her Daddy?
And how lucky was Sadie to belong to this man?
“I, um… what are you… um… thanks for carrying me here earlier.”
It was still the same day, right?
“You’re welcome. You’re not very well, darlin’.”
Yeah. She kind of figured that with how shitty she felt. But she felt even worse that she’d inconvenienced everyone.
“I’m really sorry to take up your time. You must be very busy.” So what was he doing here? “Are you… are you here to take me back to my room?”
He studied her for a moment. “Quincy wanted you to be observed overnight, so you’re staying here tonight.”
Quincy? Oh, Doctor Nelson.
“Is that necessary? I’m not that ill, am I?”
“He didn’t like the idea of you being in your room, sick and alone, and I agree with him.”
Great. So now I’m even more of a problem.
She chewed at her lip.
“Nurse Beverly will be back soon. She’s going to check in on you a few times tonight.”
This just got worse and worse.
“I’m so sorry. I can go…”
Derek smiled. “You can, of course. But you would need monitoring. We’d likely have to arrange for you to go to the closest hospital. I can call an ambulance if that’s what you want.”
No. That wasn’t what she wanted.
This was silly. She wasn’t that sick.
“I’m not ill enough for hospital.”
“Quincy was worried about you getting sicker, Jolie,” he told her. “That you might get pneumonia and that’s quite serious.”
Right.
“Am I… I’m being a hassle.” She started coughing again, and he held up the glass of water again.
“You’re not a hassle,” he told her firmly. “And I would prefer you stay here where Nurse Beverly can keep an eye on you.”
Was he telling the truth about her not being a hassle? Seriously, who wanted a guest like her?
But she was too tired and sick to argue. She really didn’t want to go to the hospital. It would probably mean hours in the emergency room only for them to send her away because she wasn’t ill enough to be admitted.
