Falling for You: An Enemies to Lovers Romance by Lila Kane

Author:Lila Kane [Kane, Lila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-27T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

LIBBY

The doctor makes me tell him what happened and then insists on taking x-rays of my arm.

I’m sure nothing’s broken, and even though I have a massive headache, I’m more embarrassed than anything else.

I knew better than to get so high on the ladder. I’d been daydreaming and humming and I got distracted. I feel like an idiot.

“I’ll be right back with your results,” the doctor says before leaving the curtained area.

“Nothing’s broken,” I tell Carson.

He sits on the bed next to me. “Makes sense to check.”

I frown. “This is silly. We should be back at the house working.”

“You’re not working on anything for the rest of the day. Maybe longer.”

“Seriously?”

“Libby…” He breathes in and then exhales, looking like he’s trying to control himself. “They said you have a slight concussion, you’re banged up and bruised. It’s…fuck. I should have been in there with you.”

“It’s not your fault,” I tell him. “I should have paid more attention.”

He shakes his head and takes my hand, the uninjured one. “It happens.”

“I bet you have some stories.”

“I have a really nasty one about a nail gun.” He gives a small smile, but there’s little humor in it. “But I think I’ll save that one for later. Libby…”

I lean into his arm. “What’s wrong?”

“I thought…” His voice grows thick. “I don’t know what I thought. But when I heard you shout, I thought the worst. And when I saw you lying on the floor…”

“I was stunned, that’s all.”

“Because you fell off a ladder. I…” He reaches out to touch my cheek. “You scared the shit out of me. I didn’t like it.”

“I didn’t mean to.”

“I know, but I still didn’t like it. The idea of something happening to you, happening to the woman I’m really starting to care about…”

His words hit me right in the heart. He’s really starting to care about me? “I feel the same way.”

He kisses me gently. When I grip his neck for another one, he shakes his head. “I don’t want to hurt you.”

“You won’t.”

His lips curve, but he pulls back. “Nope. Not taking any chances.”

I stick my lip out in a pout. “No fair.”

“Once you feel better.”

“They’ll give me some drugs and then I’ll feel better. Then…” I lift my eyebrows suggestively, making him laugh. Once I hear his laughter, I feel better, too. I hadn’t realized how rattled he’d been. How much seeing me hurt had freaked him out. But maybe both of us need a break from this conversation. “Everything okay from earlier?”

“Earlier?”

“When we got here. You said you had to go to the bathroom, but I thought I heard you talking to someone.”

I’d heard voices in the hallway, and I’m sure one of them was Carson’s.

“Uh…” He rubs the back of his neck. “I saw an old friend—not a friend, really. No big deal.”

“That guy you used to work with?”

He looks uncomfortable, which is indication enough that something had happened. But before I can ask anything more, the doctor returns.

“No breaks that we can

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