“Your brother said the rest of your family is out of town, but is there anyone else you want to call? Do you want me to tell Sierra what happened?”
I jerked at her comment and immediately winced as my body protested. “What?”
“You’re going to be here for a bit. I’m assuming she’s going to need to rearrange your schedule.”
“How do you know Sierra?” I asked in confusion. Everyone who’d tried to reach me in the past year and a half had talked to Sierra, but her role as my PA wasn’t exactly common knowledge.
The nurse blinked at me. “Hayden, do you have any idea who I am?”
“I thought you were my nurse,” I said slowly, eyeing her scrubs.
“I am. I’m also Sierra’s sister-in-law.”
Record scratch.
There was no way. I would have remembered meeting this woman. She was unforgettable—a goddess among men.
Except it was completely possible given who she was. I wouldn’t have looked at her twice if I’d met her, knowing who her family was. Both for my sanity and my physical safety.
I wasn’t brave or stupid enough to touch the sister of Nathaniel Blue and Samuel Torres. There wasn’t enough money in the world that could save me if they wanted me dead.
I was pretty sure she had a couple more brothers too. I’d never understood the inner workings of their family. They obviously weren’t blood related since they looked nothing alike and all had different last names. They sort of reminded me of the Cullen family in those vampire books my sister loved so much. Like at some point they’d just kind of decided to be a family.
If I was being honest, that didn’t sound so bad—picking your family.
I also wouldn’t be surprised to learn they actuallywerevampires. It would explain a lot about their general attitude.
Entertaining anything with the only girl in the family was practically begging them to murder me. It was why I’d never let myself look at her before. But I’d been unprepared today. And holy shit had I looked. I was pretty sure the image of Danielle Towler had imprinted itself on my brain and I was going to see her every time I closed my eyes for the rest of my life.
And she probably thought I was an asshole who couldn’t be bothered to remember her despite spending multiple holidays with her family.
I opened my mouth to say something—maybe try to blame not recognizing her on my car accident—but Miles chose that moment to walk into the room, a paper bag in his hand.
He grinned. “Look at who finally woke up. Danielle, can he eat bagels or does he need to be on some kind of invalid diet?” He turned his smile on her like they were old friends.
“I’m not an invalid,” I grumbled.
Danielle smiled back at him. “He can eat whatever he wants.”
“What about you? There’s enough for everyone.” This wasn’t abnormal for Miles. He made friends with almost everyone he met, charmed them into adoring him. It made him good at dealing with customers in the hotel business. He could smooth over any problem, andeveryone loved him, but something about the way he was looking at Danielle irritated me.
“Isn’t she working?”
“Actually, I’m off the clock right now,” Danielle said, pulling her hand from mine. I’d forgotten she was holding it, but I felt the loss of her warmth immediately. “And I should probably get home.”
“You’re leaving?” Miles’s smile collapsed.
She glanced back at me. “I don’t want to intrude.”
“Please, at least stay for breakfast.” Miles tried again. “I really did get way too much food.”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea. It’s been a long night, and I need to get to bed.”
“Fine. Rain check then.” His charming grin was back in full force. He pulled his phone out and handed it to her. “Let me get your number?”
I scowled at my little brother. Was hitting on my nurse really necessary?
But Danielle graced him with another bright smile and gave in to him just like every other woman in the world. “It was nice to meet you, Miles.”
