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"Lucky…oing to cry like a sissy if you do? ’Cuz, no offense, I’o into the weight roo like someone Mayweather’dheart, I’ll tell you that much I’ve seen it up close and personal" Dr Manello put a hand on her foot and gave her a little squeeze "You hit that call button if you need anything Ehlena is right next door I’ out for the next hour or so, and then I’ll be sleeping across the hall just in case you spring another leak Not that I’ that"

"Thank…you"

"You are so welcoood result And let’s keep it that way during recovery, okay?"

"Yes, Doctor"

"Good girl" He seon headed for the door, Novo adht It ay too aht in two days The pain in her chest was incredible, the kind of thing she felt up in her s she was on There was no way that was backing off by next nightfall

She looked at Peyton He was sitting in that chair like he was on the verge of bursting to his feet, his torso leaning forward, his hands planted on his thighs as if he were going to push himself up

"What?" she asked him "You look…as if you want…to be called on in class"

"Chocolate pudding"

Novo tried to take a deep breath and just ended up wheezing "What…?"

"He said you’re supposed to eat it for your throat I’ll get you soht about it, the"Oh, no Stomach…no"

"I just want to help somehow"

She stared at him for a while In all the ways thatshe detested in a e that, as nized as attractive

He was her sister’s type, as ato meet him Or Oskar would learn firsthand how it feels when someone you think loves you treats you like you’re an iPhone 5 in an X world

Actually, wasn’t that a te fantasy…

What was the question? God, her brain was fuzzy Oh, right…Peyton was everything she hated about wealthy high-society types ere too good for everyone else around them--but there was one part to all that which did work for her

His blood was liable to be hella pure, to the point of being medicinal

"What can I do?" he asked "And if it’s leave you in peace, I can do that for you, too"

In the back of herout that ht be better for her to never knohat he tasted like

Although, come on, she’d already learned her lesson with males, and it had cost her a piece of herself Literally

She was not that stupid--and she really fucking wanted out of this bed

"Let me…take your vein"

As she said the words, Peyton’s eyes flared like that was the last thing he had ever expected her to say

"Please," he said roughly as he extended his wrist to her

Except he iht his own flesh to his lips His brows tightened only a fraction as he bit into himself, and then he extended the punctures over to her