Enigma:What Lies Beneath by Ditter Kellen

Author:Ditter Kellen [Kellen, Ditter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: DK Media, LLC
Published: 2016-02-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Abbie couldn’t remember the last time she’d been so nauseated. The room swam before her eyes, and her body felt as weak as a kitten’s. “What happened?”

“You fainted,” Hauke responded, taking up Tony’s task of wiping her face with the cool cloth.

She moved to sit up, but he only pulled her back down. “You must rest easy until help arrives.”

His words made little sense. “Where’s Uncle Tony?”

“He is gone to retrieve a doctor for you. Now try to get some sleep until he returns.”

Surely she hadn’t heard him right. “A doctor? I don’t need a doctor. I’m fine, Hauke. I’m sure it’s nothing.”

“You will stay where you are until Tony returns.” He pulled her up higher against his chest. “You scared me, my mate. I do not recall feeling more afraid.”

“I’m sure it’s just stress or low iron from not eating right.” She tilted her head back to see his face. “How in the hell is Tony planning on bringing a doctor here? He’s going to get caught, pulling such stunts.”

Hauke kissed the tip of her nose. “If anyone can do it, your uncle can.”

Abbie supposed he was right. Tony wasn’t the average, everyday man. He knew about things that ordinary people had no clue even existed. “Yeah, I guess. But I really don’t need a doctor.”

“It is too late. One will be here soon.”

“How long was I out?” She watched the play of emotions in his beautiful eyes.

“Your uncle gave you something for the nausea. He said it would help you to sleep.”

She sat up and immediately regretted it. More nausea rolled through her stomach. “Will you help me to the shower?”

“It would be best for you to continue resting.”

“I know, but if he’s bringing a doctor here to have a look at me, I don’t want to reek of sex and vomit.”

“Very well,” Hauke grumbled, standing in one fluid motion with her in his arms.

She clung to his neck as he carried her to the bathroom and turned on the shower without releasing her.

“I can stand, Hauke. I know I have to be getting heavy.”

He gaped at her. “I have caught fish that weigh more than you.”

Abbie would have laughed if her stomach wasn’t on the verge of heaving again.

Hauke sat her on the counter next to the sink and carefully removed her clothing along with his own before scooping her up and stepping under the heated spray.

The water felt amazing on Abbie’s skin. She tilted her head back, allowing its soothing warmth to sluice across her scalp and down her shoulders.

“I am going to set you on your feet so that I may wash you. If you feel sick or faint in any way, I want you to lean on me. I will not allow you to fall.”

Abbie inwardly smiled at his way with words. She blinked up at him as he slid her gently down his body. “Yes, Spock.”

His head tilted to the side in confusion, but he didn’t question her about her statement.

The rest of her time spent in the shower with Hauke could only be described as heaven.

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