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And then where would she go? A hotel?
“I’ll stay.”
“Good decision.” The approval in his voice warmed her.
Yikes. Seems she wasn’t so sick she didn’t enjoy some praise.
“Now we have that settled. I wanted to tell you that I spoke to Brand Starr earlier at the gate.”
“Yeah.” Why had Brand tracked her down?
She couldn’t believe Mikey had told him where she was staying.
The jerk.
But she also couldn’t believe that Brand had come after her.
She was so confused.
“He’s very worried about you,” Derek told her.
“He is?”
“You seem surprised,” Master Derek said. “I take it that you didn’t expect him to come looking for you?”
“Um, no. We’re not… we’re not even friends.”
“Hmm. Perhaps he wants to be more than friends?”
She gaped at him. What was he talking about?
Another coughing fit hit her, and she groaned in pain. Damn, her back was aching from all the coughing.
Master Derek gave her some more water. He made a good nurse.
She decided not to tell him that.
Sitting back, she stared at him, exhausted and completely done in. She couldn’t work out what Brand was doing here. She just knew that she was feeling alone and kind of scared.
“Did he leave?”
“He’s no longer at the Ranch, but I don’t believe he’s far away. He gave me his number to contact him if I needed to. And I know he wanted you to charge your phone.”
“I don’t know where it is.”
“I can have Erika find it in your room with your permission, then charge it.”
“Yes, please.” She had to message Addie as well. “He really wants to know how I’m doing?”
“Yes. Like I said, he seemed very concerned.”
That made her tummy dance with nerves and excitement.
“I won’t tell him anything that breaks your privacy, but I think he will worry until he knows you’re doing okay.”
“You can… you can text him,” she said.
Derek nodded. “You feel safe with him?”
