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“Trust me. It’s not going to hurt as bad as you think.”
“Are you insane? You can’t even blow at them without it stinging right now.”
He wraps his fingers gently around my ankle and I stiffen, shutting my eyes. Something cold and wet touches my heel gently, moving around the swelling.
I wince and whimper.
“Breathe.”
I release a breath I didn’t realize I was holding as he moves the ice cube clockwise over my foot. “Owe,” I whisper, gripping the table edge harder.
“That’s what you get for trying to pull one over on me this morning.”
I blow out another breath when he pulls the ice cube away, lifts my foot, and blows softly.
I open my eyes to find him watching me, and wince. “Are they atrocious?”
He smirks. “You might not want to look.”
He applies something to my foot that stings and I bite down a groan.
He lifts and blows a little harder. “How’s that?”
“A lawyer and a doctor? Man, I screwed up big time.”
Ignoring my unfiltered comment, he drops my foot and lifts the other, repeating the steps before wrapping them both in bandages.
He lifts me into his arms, and I melt into him involuntarily as he moves me to the bed.
His voice is muffled as my lids become heavy and I feel myself drift. “Keep your feet elevated…don’t go anywhere tomorrow. You need to stay off your feet.”
I shiver as chills run through me and blink to keep my eyes open. “Mmhmm.”
“I’ll ask for room service delivery for the morning.”
I give up the fight and turn into the pillow. “Can I get a full-size blueberry…”
“Charlie?”
I feel his hand on my forehead and think I hear my name again before I submit to the darkness.
“Charlie?”
My body feels cemented into the mattress. And I like it. I never want to get up.
“Charlie, sweetie. It’s time to wake up.”
“Hmm?” I blink my eyes open to the sweet familiar voice. My feet feel numb but the rest of me feels somewhat weightless. Nothing like the heaviness on my shoulders the last few days.
How long have I been asleep? A week?
My redheaded friend smiles down at me. Pepper’s hair glows in the sunlight coming through the windows. “Morning, sunshine.”
I groan and stretch. “Hey.” I push up to a sitting position and drag my feet with me. “When did you get back?”
She props my pillow up for me. “This morning. Chase and I stopped in for muffins and… Tessa told me you were here.” Her smile is bright. Too bright as she bats her lashes at me.
Yep. She’s pissed.
