Heller's Revenge by JD Nixon

Author:JD Nixon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: chick lit adventure mystery romance relationships

Chapter 16

It was evening by the time my paperwork was sorted and I was allowed to leave.

“There’s not enough concealing makeup in the world to cover these bruises,” I complained as Heller drove me home. He smiled at me.

“We’ll have to hide you in the attic for a while.”

I giggled. “When did they say Niq could come home?”

“One more week. It’s remarkable. It’s almost as though he was waiting for you to come to him before he could recover. As if he couldn’t get better until he knew you knew you were all right.”

“Heller, that’s a bit mystical for a hard, commonsense man such as yourself,” I teased.

“I don’t know, Matilda. He’s in a coma for weeks, but you cry all over him and he starts to recover the same day. It’s a bit . . . I don’t know, spiritual or something.”

“I love that boy so much and if that creates some kind of creepy psychic thing between us, then I really don’t care and I don’t think he does either.”

“Still, you have to admit it’s strange.”

We drove in silence for a while. I blurted out my awful news. I’d been brooding about it since I’d been told. “The doctor said I’ll never conceive now because of the accident. It affected my ovaries. Crushed them or something. I won’t ever have the chance to be a mother.”

He didn’t even blink. “I never wanted children anyway.”

Despite myself, I giggled again. “You never give up, do you?”

“Never.” He turned to smile at me, and grasped my hand, squeezing it briefly.

“Not even with crippled, bruised, barren women?”

“They’re my favourites. They can’t run very fast.”

I giggled yet again. “God, I love you, Heller. You’ve made me laugh for the first time in months.”

“Say that first part again,” he demanded.

“God?”

“No.”

“I love you, Heller?”

“That’s it. Say it again.”

“I love you, Heller.”

“And again.”

I smiled. “I love you, Heller.”

“Do you mean it?”

“Sometimes.”

“That’s a start anyway.”

“I’m going to be very nervous about driving for a while, I think,” I said as we pulled into the Warehouse and drove down into the garage.

“I’m sorting it out, Matilda. You will soon be safe.”

“You sound confident.”

“I am.”

I wasn’t sure I could make the stairs, but I needn’t have worried because Heller picked me up in his arms and carried me, not to my flat, but to his.

“Heller?”

“You’re staying with me until you’re recovered. As will Niq. I need to keep an eye on you both.”

“Where am I going to stay? You only have two bedrooms.”

He stared at me as if I was an imbecile. “In my room, where else?”

“Heller.”

“I believe in sexual healing.”

I laughed. “You’re so corny. I don’t know how you ever manage to pick up any women with those terrible lines.”

He smiled and gently placed me on his bed. “Seriously. I need both of you very close at the moment. Don’t fight me about this. I want to know you’re safe.”

“I’m too tired to argue.”

“Good.”

“I don’t have any clothes.”

“You don’t need any.”

“Stop it!”

“I brought some of your stuff up. I even put it in my walk-in robe.

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