The Late Hit (CTU Eagles Book 1) by Alexis Buxton

Author:Alexis Buxton [Buxton, Alexis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 419 Publishing, LLC
Published: 2023-08-08T16:00:00+00:00

Today marks my fourth consecutive day in this room. The sounds of machines beeping has become a soundtrack I crave. Because those sounds, those sounds mean Asher is still breathing. He is still here, even though he is somewhere dreaming of better days. As much as everyone tries to get me to leave, I refuse. I am needed by his side.

Thankfully, we own this hospital. I am given the opportunity to shower in the staff locker rooms, even though I have no desire to leave his side. Those showers are the fastest showers I have ever taken. I don’t want to be away from him for too long.

Mother had a cot delivered for me to sleep on, but I refuse. Each night after the nurses come in for their nightly check, I slip out of the cot and climb under the covers next to Asher, careful not to disturb the wires that he is connected to. The bed is hard, the sheets scratchy, but I didn’t care because I am beside my Asher.

Losing Bryce was devastating, but I fought hard to keep myself strong. Strong for the beautiful man lying next to me. Placing my arm across his stomach, I curl into his side. Each night I share with him a story that the two of us shared.

“Do you remember our first Valentine’s Day together as a couple?” I ask him, pausing, praying for a response. But one doesn’t come, so I continue. “You showed up at our house in dress pants, a dress shirt, and a tie. You were so handsome in your light-blue shirt. It made your eyes pop. I couldn’t stop staring at them all night. You planned the whole night, starting with having our family driver take us on our date.

“Dinner was at Steak’N Shake because you knew I was obsessed with their strawberry milkshakes and shoestring fries with cheese sauce. I loved that you didn’t try to take us somewhere fancy, even though it was Valentine’s Day. We were the best-dressed couple in that entire diner, but I loved it. I knew that things were changing between us, and we were becoming more serious, but that was the night that I knew that I loved you, like really loved you. You were always you. You didn’t try hard to impress me, you just told your jokes—as cheesy as they were. You didn’t judge me for inhaling two milkshakes. You were you, I was me, and we were just us.

“But our date wasn’t over after dinner. Oh no, you surprised me with tickets to see The Lucky One because of my obsession with Zac Efron. Most boys would’ve refused to sit through a chick flick, but not you. What was it that you told me? Something about Zac might make me swoon and the movie might make me cry, but you’d be the lucky one wrapping your arms around me—”

“To comfort you,” a raspy voice says, interrupting me.

Slowly, sitting up, I looked up and am met with dazzling blue eyes staring back at me.

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