Tangling Hearts by Faleena Hopkins

Author:Faleena Hopkins [Hopkins, Faleena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventy-Seven

BRENDAN

M.R.I. Experience: weird, but cool. Lung: on the mend. Wound: stretched a little, but good enough. Eyes: on Annie’s ass as she walks out of the hospital first, since I’m a gentleman.

“Do you want to drive?” Annie asks me, moving a soft lock of hair behind her ear as we leave the hospital.

“No, that’s okay. You can drive, but thank you for that.”

She nods. “I wish I’d brought your shoes back.”

Walking barefoot along the pavement, I say with a laugh, “It’s okay. I’m just happy to be out of that room. I wouldn’t have cared if I left wearing one of their hospital gowns.”

“The jeans and jacket with no shirt combo is very hot, by the way,” she smiles and reaches for my hand, like it’s the most natural thing in the world for her to do. I keep my eyes forward, but I’m very aware of her next to me. Walking out into the real world with her by my side feels natural to me, too, and that’s what makes it strange. I’m normally not this comfortable with the women I’m interested in, because that interest has always had an inevitable end-date.

Distracted by these thoughts, I let her hand go and carefully lower myself into her car. She gets in and we both shut our doors at the same time, saying nothing, the silence charged. As she puts the car in gear and looks behind her back to reverse out, I glance to her face and see her mind is just as full as mine, so I sit back and focus on the dashboard. It’s got a thin layer of dust on it and I mentally make note to have it detailed for her when I’m up and running again. I know a carwash that does a great job with interior detailing; I’ll take it there for her as a thank you for helping me.

“Where do you live?” she asks, as soon as we’re at the exit.

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