Page 30 of The Bad Boy's Homecoming
“Okay, I need to go over a few questions on the intake form we didn’t cover yet, but first things first.Do you need the restroom and are you hungry?”
“Yes to both.”
“Alright, now the bathroom is right there and I’m just going to ask Nurse Kelly to step in and help you before her shift is over.”
In short order Missy was back in her hospital bed propped up with more pillows and had a cup of the soup she’d made in front of her.Mrs.Hart sat back in her chair and must have heated up the soup while the nurse helped Missy get to the bathroom.
“This soup better taste amazing after all the grief it caused me,” Missy said to herself just as Levi stepped back in.
“Is it okay if we sit with you?”Mrs.Hart said, looking sheepish.
“Of course—did you have any soup yet?”
Mrs.Hart held up her mug too.
“I know your secret now,” Levi said and she watched as he carried a white paper bag into the room and set it at the bottom of her bed.
“Levi, don’t tease her, she’s injured,” Mrs.Hart said.
“Gran told me your weakness and favorite treat.Key lime pie?”
“Oh that.”She blew on the soup and took a small sip.
“Well you’re in luck because the diner had an entire pie left,” Levi said, picking up the book and sitting back down.“But you have to eat your soup first.”
“I might make a mess of myself trying to eat with one hand,” Missy said, unsure where to place the cup or how to hold it and use the spoon.
Before Mrs.Hart could even sit up, Levi was out of his seat and took the cup from her, then picked up the spoon to scoop up some soup and began to blow on it.He was leaning over her close enough for her to see his firm lips pursed together to cool off her soup, but all she could think of was if his lips would be soft or firm.
“Ready?”Levi said, holding the spoon just in front of her.She leaned forward and let him feed her the soup.
Even with Mrs.Hart sitting nearby it was an oddly intimate moment with a man she barely knew.
“The soup was really good, for what it’s worth.I had to test it earlier, to make sure it was okay to give you and Gran,” Levi said with a wink.
He had another spoonful ready for her just as the nurse walked in, rolling a tall table that fit right over her bed.
“This nifty table should help,” the nurse said, and she gave Levi a side-eye.
Levi set the cup down on the table and repeated what the nurse said in a mocking whisper.
Missy couldn’t help but laugh.
“Or I can keep feeding you, it’s probably safer,” he said.
“I think I can manage now,” Missy said, pulling the table a little closer to her.
“Great, then I can keep reading and we can find out what happens when this vampire realizes he’s going to outlive his new girlfriend, and just might need to be the one to bite her.”
“You’re reading this month’s book club pick?”Missy said.
Levi picked the big book up and sat back down in the corner of the room.
“You surprised the jock can read or just the fact that I’m enjoying this romcom?”
Missy almost spewed her soup.“I think you mean fantasy romance.”
Levi closed the book to look at the cover and flipped through the pages as if studying every word.“Is that what you’re looking for, little Miss Smarty-pants?A fantasy?”
