He finished buttoning his blue dress shirt, tucked it in, then kissed her like he had all the time in the world. “Text me if you need me.”
“I will. But I won’t. I’m fine.” She thought about what she could do to occupy her time. “I’ll probably call into work and have Joellen catch me up.”
“Okay. I’ll set the alarm when I leave. You should be safe here. If it goes off, lock yourself in the bathroom and call me. The alarm will notify the police of an intruder.”
That made her feel better about being left alone. “Maybe Desiree will want to stop by to keep me company.”
Something flickered in his eyes for just a moment.
“Would you rather I didn’t invite her over?”
“No. It’s not that. I just want you to rest.” It sounded like more.
“I will. Promise.”
He kissed her again.
“You’re never going to get out of here if you keep doing that.”
“I like kissing you. Which is new, because I never really liked kissing. Now, I’m addicted.” The glint in his eyes confirmed it.
Her heart swelled. “Well, I’d appreciate it if you reserved that for me.”
“You’re the only one I want to kiss. And more.”
She gave him a gentle push. “More later. Work now.” She shooed him away with one hand.
He backed away toward the door. “Are you getting up?”
“I’m going to lay in bed smelling you on the sheets while I check my email.”
He growled low in his throat. “You make it really hard to leave.”
She glanced at the thick, long rod pressing against the zipper of his slacks. “I can see that.” She licked her lips, thinking about tasting him, since he’d been so nice waking her up this morning.
“I’m going to enjoy making you come over and over again when I get home for teasing me with that mouth of yours.”
“Threaten me with a good time, why don’t you.”
He growled again and left the room as she giggled some more.
How had this become her life? When had she ever felt this light?
She’d nearly died and now she was happier than she’d ever been.
She wouldn’t take this for granted. She’d appreciate it and him.
And hope that whatever trouble was coming her way, she’d stop it before it affected her and Hawk’s relationship. She wouldn’t let anyone come between them. Not now. Not ever.
All she had to do was figure out how to take down her conniving ex once and for all. So she could breathe. So she’d be safe. And she and Hawk could be like this every day for the rest of their lives.
Chapter Twelve
Hawk walked out of the Gunn Brothers Distillery conference room, checking his watch and wincing that the meeting had taken so long. But they had a lot to cover, and he and Lincoln had missed several days to be with Lucky at the hospital.
Lincoln followed him into his office. “How is she?”
“Better than I expected after she had another rough night.” His thoughts turned to the disturbing things she said in her sleep, even if they were disjointed and hard to put into context.
