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“I’m not feeling well.” Her hand rubbed her temple. “I know you’re upset with me. I messed up that last concert. Then I disappeared when you probably wanted me to hang around so you can yell at me. I just… I needed a break. My best friend thinks?—”
“What does your best friend think?” he asked as gently as he could.
Her gaze moved away, shame filling her face. “I don’t really want to tell you.”
He wanted to press her. But his poor girl wasn’t well. And he was meant to be convincing her that he was here to look after her.
“Jolie, will you look at me, please?”
Shock filled her face as she turned to stare at him. “You said please.”
“I say please.”
She frowned. “When? When have you ever said please?”
He huffed out a breath. “We’re not talking about me. We’re talking about you. And your health. I’m going to take care of you, all right? I’ll carry you back to our room and stay with you.”
“What if you get sick, though?”
That was her worry? She was concerned about him? Damn. So sweet. “I’m not going to get sick.”
“Germs don’t know that you’re the great Brand Starr. They don’t discriminate.”
“I rarely get sick. I’ll be fine.”
“I…” She shook her head, then winced.
“Stop doing that,” he demanded.
“What?”
“Making your headache worse. Screw what that nurse said. You need more painkillers. I’m getting her back in here.” He stood, but stilled as she took hold of his hand.
She had initiated touch. Was this the first time? Maybe.
“You really like me?” There was a lost, vulnerable note in her voice. For some reason, it seemed that she just couldn’t wrap her head around him wanting her.
And he didn’t think it was because she was ill and having trouble focusing.
Or that it was even fully about him. He might have a slight reputation. Probably didn’t help that he’d never been in a long-term relationship.
No, he thought her disbelief mostly stemmed from her view of herself.
Something he would need to work on. She didn’t see how gorgeous she was.
How sweet and kind.
He wanted all that sweetness to be his.
“I more than like you. I’m fast becoming obsessed with you. Do you think I’d chase after someone I didn’t fully want?”
Wonder filled her face. “I don’t think you’d do anything you didn’t want to do.”
“So, you’ll let me take care of you?”
“I’m not sure it’s the best way to start a relationship,” she muttered.
He grinned.
