“What’s the time?”
“Early morning.”
“Have you slept?” She had a feeling she knew the answer, but?—
“No.”
Exactly what she’d thought.
She scooted to the edge of the bed.
“What are you doing?” he asked.
“Making room. I won’t be able to sleep on my own. It’s for me more than you.”
A ghost of a smile curved his mouth. “Okay. But oxygen mask goes back on.”
She wrinkled her nose but pulled it on.
He kicked off his shoes and slid beneath the blanket. His broad shoulders barely fit. She leaned against his chest, his arms wrapping securely around her. It was everything she needed.
A kiss pressed to her head. “I love you, Maggie. And I will never take a single moment with you for granted.”
She dug her head into his chest and fell straight back to sleep, knowing that in his arms, she was safe.
34
“Are you sure you’re feeling up to this?”
At Ethan’s question, Maggie looked from the window to him. His fingers were so tight around the wheel that his knuckles were white.
She reached over and touched his thigh, his powerful muscles rippling beneath her palm. “It’s been a week.” She’d mostly worked on her business, all from Ethan’s house. She was ready to get out and go to Bloom. More than ready.
“You’d still be on bed rest if it was up to me,” Ethan almost growled.
“There’s no need for that. Besides, we’re not going to run a marathon. We’re having a drink and a croissant.”
A steaming hot cup of Polly’s matcha. Shecould notwait. Polly had brought a few to Ethan’s house, but nothing beat freshly made at the café.
He set his hand over hers and squeezed, mumbling a half acknowledgment that maybe she was right.
She studied the hard set of his jaw. “How areyou?”
She’d asked him so many times over the last seven days that she’d lost count, and he’d always given half responses. Kind of answering her question without completely answering.
“I’m glad Nel’s behind bars,” he finally said.
See? That didn’t really answer her question. “Have you accepted that none of it’s your fault?”
He pulled over in front of Bloom. Instead of answering, he lifted her hand and kissed the back of it before climbing out.
Oh no, she was not letting him off the hook that easily.
She climbed out to find him already outside her door. “I need to hear you say it, Ethan.”
“Say what?”
She lifted a brow.
