He hummed in agreement, then tapped his chest. “Above my heart.”
My gaze fixed on that small movement, on his long, strong fingers as they pressed against his chest.
“You do that. You do that to me.”
Shuffling steps snapped me out of the memory, and our eyes met briefly before I broke away and made room for Delly.
She walked right up to him with his water bottle in hand, Cole in tow, and lifting a takeout straw in her other hand with a flourish. She unwrapped it and stuck it inside the bottle, then held it to his lips.
We all watched as the straw disappeared, sinking below the lip of the bottle.
Delly huffed and fished it back out, only for it to fallright back down. She smiled sheepishly, looking like she was caught between laughing and crying, her face still red from the earlier tears. Adair took the bottle from her gently and got the straw out, tossing it onto the bedside table before taking a long pull of water.
I edged into the bathroom but whipped back around at a sharp grunt of pain, then sighed when I saw Cole trying to put Adair’s glasses back on his face for him.
“Argh,” Adair grumbled, rearing back as Cole poked him in the eye with them.
I took a step back toward them, but Cole got Adair’s glasses on in his next attempt.
Leaving the doors open, I hurried into my bedroom and grabbed more pillows.
Hugging them to me, I turned to go back in but stopped myself as a wave of something fierce overtook me.
Ah.
The biggest of my emotions finally named itself now that the worry had dimmed.
Anger.
I was mad about this.
Bigmad.
But I wouldn’t let that out until everyone got settled back in—Adair most of all.
But once he was feeling well enough…
Adair Jacks and I were going to have some words.
34
ADAIR
Iwoke with my mouth wide open and a throbbing pain in my head, ankle, and hip, with the worst dry mouth known to man.
Reaching blindly for my phone on the bedside table, I knocked something to the ground with a thud. Cringing, I found my phone plugged in beside my glasses. Just as I put them on, my bedroom door flew open, and my soul left my body.
“What happened?!” Delly yelled, charging inside. “Are you hurt?”
Heart in my throat, I grasped my chest.
“Oh God, Addy, are you having chest pains?” she asked, hurrying to my side.
“Did you just say chest pains?” Cole asked in alarm, joining the party.
They loomed over me, shooting off question after question, and I just stared at them.
This was a nightmare.
