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Once he’d gone, she quickly took off her bottoms and sighed in relief as she peed.
“Do not get off that toilet without me,” he ordered through the door.
Sheesh.
He was taking this looking after her thing to the extreme. She didn’t need him to carry her around. She was fine. It was just a bit of a cough. Standing, she had to grab the counter as she swayed.
Shit.
All right.
Maybe she was a tiny bit ill. But that didn’t mean he needed to stay in the bathroom while she peed.
That was taking things too far.
Slowly, she drew up her pajama bottoms and moved to the sink to wash her hands. She glanced into the mirror and let out a small scream that she instantly regretted as her throat burned.
But. Oh. My. God.
She was hideous!
The door flung open. “What is it? What’s wrong?”
“You need to go easier on my doors,” she muttered. “Or I won’t have any left.”
“That might be a good thing since then I could keep a closer eye on you.”
“Starting to think you might be stalking me.”
“You’d know if I was stalking you.” He moved in behind her, trapping her against the counter.
Lord, he was so good-looking. Even with his hair all messy and dark marks under his eyes.
How was that fair?
She was very pale with red splotches on her cheeks. Her hair was still pinned to her head, but wispy parts had come free and were flying around her head.
She felt sweaty and gross, and the last thing she wanted was him pressed against her.
“You shouldn’t be here,” she whispered.
“I’m not going anywhere,” he stated firmly.
She really didn’t understand what he was doing, but she also didn’t have the energy to fight him.
Jilly slumped against the counter. “I’m so tired.”
“I know you are, baby.” He stepped back and spun her around, lifting her onto the counter. Then he grabbed her toothbrush, putting some toothpaste on it.
“That’s why you need to let me take care of you.”
Did it matter why? He was here . . . offering to look after her. So why did she care why he wanted to do it?
“What about your work?”
“I can do most of it from here. Sometimes, I might have to go out, but I’ll make sure someone is here to take care of you if I do.”
“I’ll be fine if you have to go out.”
