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“Gracie—”

I held up a hand, stopping whatever new protest he was going to come up with “Just think about it, okay? And just know, you would have my vote in a heartbeat”

He was quiet as I left the roo in the hall outside my office, my briefcase and jacket in his hands and an iht added to his sex appeal “You done now?”

I grinned up at hirowly bikerme back When I pulled away, however, the scoas back in place “Now, I’m ready”

He drove us over to Doc’s office, his eyes darting fro us Before the Morgans had conspired with Santino’s people to take lad for it Those fucking Italians had turned me into a nervous wreck lately

It was al rooreeted by Doc’s only nurse, Wendy “Hey, guys How are you?”

“I’ a lot better,” I assured the cheerful nurse “Like I told Hawk countless times over the last few days, it’s only stress”

Wendy gave me a quick appraisal with her eyes, and a frorinkled her brow “It hasn’t been that long sinceyou for a follow-up after your sepsis, Gracie But I can tell just froht”

“Weight she didn’t have to lose in the first place”

I shot Hawk a look that told hily, he did Wendy ital scale and shook her head when she saas fifteen pounds lighter than the last time I’d been there In an exa an automatic blood pressure cuff on er

“No fever, and BP and heart rate look good” She scribbled the nuht with you”

When ere alone in the exarasped ers as he paced in front of the exa on “Please relax I’m fine I swear”

“You don’t know that, and even if you did, you wouldn’t say anything”

“I do know it,” I argued I tightened ed him towardto shift so s Strokinghim for days now “It’s only stress I’m perfectly fine There’s no need to worry about me”

Releasingit back so that he could look straight into my eyes “I worry about you every minute of every day Whether I’ sick, it’s about you being you I love you I want to spend the rest ofis going to fuck all of that up”