“What?”
“First, Alexandria at the club, then when you woke up and saw her here. And then with the nurse just now…” He leans back over me and cages me to the bed.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m not jealous,” I huff. My voice is raspy, but it’s starting to sound more like mine.
“Oh, Sunshine. You should know by now you can’t lie to me.” His hand slips under the blanket to my thigh. “You should also know by now, you’re the only woman for me. I haven’t touched or even looked at another woman in seven months.”
His hand slides higher up my thigh. The steady beeping begins to pick up again. Those bitable lips of his half tilt into a smile as he glances at the monitor. His hand slowly retreats from beneath the blanket, and I’m already missing the warmth of his touch.
“Don’t worry, Sunshine. Once you’re healed, you’re all mine. We might have to get a heart rate monitor, though. It’s kinda hot hearing just how much your body wants me.”
I can’t help but roll my eyes at him as he leans to kiss me again. My right hand grips his shirt keeping him close. He’s never allowed to leave me again.
“I love you, Myles.”
“I love you, too, Sunshine.”
CHAPTER 38
Myles
She’s awake. I feel like I can finally breathe again. Things were touch and go for a while there, but I knew she would make it through. My woman’s a fighter.
They transferred us to a private room out of the ICU. It’s been two days since she woke up, and they’ve done nothing but run tests. She’s exhausted. Last night, she let me help her take a long, hot shower. She was hesitant at first because she didn’t want me to see her body. It’s still healing from the torture she went through, but she’s still the most beautiful woman in the entire world in my eyes.
“Myles!” Her scream cuts through my sleepy haze.
I quickly sit up in my chair next to her bed and take her hand as her eyes start to open. They’re red from unshed tears caused by the nightmare she was trapped in.
“I’m here, Mina.”
“Sorry…Did I…Was I screaming?”
“Shh. It’s okay. You were having a nightmare.”
I move to sit next to her on the bed. Her bodycurls against mine as I wrap myself around her. I can feel her body shaking with her sobs as she tries to breathe through the tears.
“I’m here, Sunshine. I’m here,” I whisper softly as I try to soothe her running my fingers carefully through her hair as I whisper how much I love her.
“It was so real…” she whispers against my chest.
“The doctor said this would probably happen as your memories come back…Do you want me to get a nurse? Get you some meds to help you sleep?”
“No! I…I’m fine. I don’t want any sleeping pills,” she says frantically.
“Okay. No pills.”
“I just need you,” she whimpers as she clings tighter to my body. My heart breaks seeing her like this.
“I’m here, Sunshine. I’m never leaving you again. I promise.” I kiss the top of her head as I hold her against me.
I swear, if Quin is still alive out there somewhere, I will hunt him down and destroy him. I will tear him apart then burn the pieces until he’s nothing but ash.
I held her like this for what felt like hours, but she was able to sleep soundly. No screams, no tears, no nightmares. Just the sounds of her breathing and snoring softly can be heard with the beeping of her heart rate monitor. Another nurse named Gloria pokes her head in to check on Mina. She’s a kind, older woman. Maybe in her mid-sixties. She comes over to check Mina’s IV and pain meds. She looks down at me holding my woman, and I wait for the judgmental glare, but she only smiles softly.
“Do you need anything, deary?” she whispers.
“No. Thank you though.”
