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"Connor, you can keep convincing yourself of that all you want, because if you truly believed that, you wouldn’t be sitting in ot up from the chair and stood in front of the"I can’t stop thinking about her, and it scares ht She toldsecrets from you She wants you to know about her past, and she trusted you enough to tell you I think you’re fighting your true feelings Have you discussed anything about you or your past?"

I walked over to the large bookcase and stared at the hundreds of books he had sitting on the shelf

"I told her about my sister and my nephew"

"That’s it? Connor, you have to open up to her if you want any kind of relationship Take it one day at a tiood start, and froood friends already"

I walked over to the chair and grabbed my coat "Thank you, Dr Peters, but ain when you come back from your road trip!" he yelled as I walked out the door

Chapter 9

Shit, look at the time, and where is Denny? I paced back and forth inat , , and it was Denny

"Denny, where the hell are you, ize, but I had to drive Ellery to the hospital," he said calmly

"What, what do you mean?!" I asked in a panic

"She said she fainted at ho to hail a cab with her hand over her eye, and I stopped Connor, the cut is pretty bad"

I can’t even explain what I was feeling at thatneed to rush to her side and comfort her I flew out ofEllery was more important

I climbed in the back of the limo and told Denny to hurry up and drive me to the hospital I saw the blood soaked towel on the front seat, and I instantly felt sick

"Please tell oing to be fine, Connor, just relax She needs a few stitches, and she’ll be alright"

I sat there in silence as the trip to the hospital seeot out and ran to the reception desk, asking where Ellery was The receptionist directed ht I took in a deep breath, and as I opened the curtain, Ellery looked at me Her eyes lit up when she saw ently stroked the area above her cut My heart ached, seeing her sitting there and bleeding She put her hand on ger deal out of it than it was, but it upset me to see her hurt and in pain I met Ellery’s friend, Peyton, and she told me that she had heard a lot about me I was surprised to hear that Ellery had talked about rabbed Ellery’s hand and rubbed it softly with my thumb as he put four stitches above her eye Her skin was soft, and it felt good to touch it I wondered if the rest of her skin was as soft, and I wanted to find out When Dr Beckett was finished, he told Ellery that soht and monitor her for a concussion Peyton tried to say she was staying with her, but I alreadywith ht Peyton didn’t see about a girl’s night, and when Ellery turned her down, she looked disappointed I was surprised by Ellery’s decision, but ere leaving in the ured it would be easier if she stayed with me

As soon as Peyton left, I helped Ellery from the bed I couldn’t help but still be worried about her

"Why would you pass out like that? Is there so?" I asked

"I just took too hot of a bath," she said as she grabbed her purse

"You need to be htly took her arhtly smiled atdown the hall when a doctor, who Ellery seemed to know, stopped us A worried look took over her face, and she seemed nervous He asked her what happened and then ask how she was feeling She told hi in the hallway and that she was feeling well She seemed like she was in a hurry to end their conversation I asked her who he was, and she said she saw hiitated that I was asking questions, and I felt soht

I took her back to her apartan I couldn’t shake the feeling that there was so about how she told that doctor that she’d tripped over so him the truth I walked to her bedroom and stood in the doorith my arm up on the door frame She didn’t see me at first as I stood there and watched her pack I could stare at that beautiful woman all day She looked up and smiled at me

"Why did you lie to that doctor and told hi in the hallway?" I asked