Page 90 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 3
“Not exactly. It wasn’t as severe. Just set me back a little. And I tweaked my knee when I fell down the stairs. But nothing serious. I’ve been going to physical therapy for everything. I’ll be good as new soon enough.”
I thought about all the times I saw him take a break from walking. Or put his hand down for balance. “All of it sounds serious to me. They clearly had to operate.” I pointed to his chest. “You’ve been telling me to take it easy, but you should be too. I wasn’t the only one that got hurt.”
“I’m fine. I’ve always had issues with stress so…poison didn’t help with that.”
“Huh. I never would have guessed that you have stress issues. You seem so carefree.” I smiled at him as he laughed. “But seriously, James. Are you going to be okay?”
“Yes. When have I ever lied to you?”
“Oh, I don’t know. Ever since I woke up?”
He smiled. “Well, I promise I’m not doing that now. The physical therapy is working. I’m feeling stronger every day. How are you feeling?”
“Honestly? I physically feel okay. Nothing hurts. But when I think about everything, I feel so overwhelmed. Do you knowthat Scarlett doesn’t believe I’m her mom? She thinks I’m some imposter.”
“Yeah. I’ve talked to her about that. I can talk to her again.”
“No, it’s okay. I’ll figure it out. But it is upsetting. Dr. Nelson stole my memories. And I know that I have children. But it still feels like I’ll never have them. I always pictured a bunch running around, you know? And I expected to remember being pregnant with them. He stole all of that from me.”
“I know. I pictured that too.”
I bit the inside of my lip. “Do you really think we’re safe now? From Dr. Nelson I mean?”
“The police think so. They think he’s long gone.”
“And you?”
“Our security detail has been very diligent. There hasn’t been any suspicious activity. No sightings. Nothing. It’s not like the guy is going to be able to practice medicine here ever again. Maybe he went somewhere he could start over.”
“That makes sense.” I took a deep breath. “So maybe we could get rid of all these cameras? They make me nervous. I feel like I’m being watched right now.” I looked up to one of the ones mounted in the dining room.
James ran his fingers through his hair. “Most of them are already disabled. We found out that they were how Dr. Nelson got access to our apartment in the first place.”
“He broke into the security system?”
“I thought this was the safest apartment in the whole city. But everything worked against me. I’m updating the software. Until then, there’s only a few active ones.”
“You’re updating it?”
“That’s what Hunter Tech does. I thought we were un-hackable. I was wrong. We’re going back to the drawing board. Well, mostly the company. I’ve been preoccupied.”
“But you mostly teach, right?”
“Yeah. After what happened I took a leave of absence from the university though. Another professor is handling my summer session classes.”
“Will you go back in the fall?”
“That depends on a lot of things. How Liam is doing. If you remember me.”
I laughed. “You can teach without me remembering anything. Your life can’t just stop. You’ve said that yourself.”
“I know. But it feels like it’s stopped. It’s hard to breathe when I look at you and you don’t look at me the same in return.”
I was about to say I was sorry when music started playing lightly in the other room. I looked past him to the living room. Melissa winked at me and then disappeared down the hall.
When I turned back to James he was standing beside my chair with one hand stretched toward me.
“May I have this dance?”
