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“More.”

“Slow your roll, Remington. I don’t want you to pop your staples—and PS, Ty is still talking about how they stapled you. He can’t wrap his mind around that.”

“He’s thinking about the stapler in his classroom,” Carson said with a chuckle.

“He cannot wait for you to come home so he can take care of you. It was very sweet of you to include him that way.”

“I love him, in case you hadn’t noticed.”

“Oh, I’ve noticed, and it means a lot to both of us.”

“You guys mean a lot to me, and you did before I was stabbed, so don’t think I’m saying this only because I almost died.”

“Don’t talk about dying. It kills the buzz.”

“Don’t make me laugh.”

“Why are you still in ICU? I thought they were going to move you today.”

“My blood pressure has been low, so they wanted to monitor it.”

“Are they worried about that?”

“They didn’t seem to be. They said it can happen after significant blood loss.”

“Ugh, significant blood loss. I can’t even think about how much blood there was.”

“Don’t think about that when you could be kissing me instead.”

She placed her hand on his handsome face, which had begun to recover somewhat from the pasty, pale complexion that’d followed the stabbing. “Thank you so much for not dying. I would’ve missed you for the rest of my life.”

“I know. I got your texts.”

“I was losing it over possibly losing you when I sent them.”

“Don’t worry about losing me. I’m not going anywhere as long as you want me around.”

“That’s apt to be a while.”

“Fine by me.”

“Is it?”

“In case you haven’t noticed, I’m rather crazy about you and Ty, and all I want is to get out of here so I can be with you guys all the time.”

“We want that, too.”

“Perfect, now about those kisses…”

“You need to be taking it easy, not getting riled up.”

“Please rile me up. It’ll be good for my blood pressure.”

Smiling, she leaned in to kiss him and wasn’t at all surprised when his hand sank into her hair, holding her there while he took her sweet, easy kiss straight to hot and sexy in a matter of seconds. They were interrupted by beeping monitors and the arrival of a concerned-looking nurse.

Cresley was mortified as Carson looked on with amusement.

“I see we’ve found the secret to regulating your blood pressure,” the nurse said.