Page 40 of Chase the Sunset
“You and I are getting to know each other, so I will let it slide right now that you keep doubting me and what I want. Yes, I want your phone number, Birdie, and I want to see you tonight.” I paused for a beat. “And tomorrow.”
“Oh, Easy,” she whispered. She grabbed my phone off the table and entered her number.
“Now call or text yourself on my phone. I don’t want you to have to ask one of the guys for my number if you need to contact me.”
She chuckled, and her phone dinged a second later. “Happy now?” she asked.
“Yes,” I grunted. “Stop trying to talk yourself and myself out of being together.”
“We’re together?” she asked. “We barely know each other.”
“That’s where we are headed, Doc. I know what I want, and that is you.”
“Do I get a say in that?”
I grabbed her hand and tugged her to me. “You have the final word on everything, Doc. If this isn’t what you want, then tell me. I’m not going to force yo—”
“You’re not forcing me into anything, Easy. I guess I just needed to hear you say that,” she motioned between us, “that this is something that could be and not just in my head.”
“It’s something, Doc.” I wished to fuck that I could see her better. “You think you could move closer and experiment with me?”
“Experiment?” she whispered.
“Yeah. You’re a doctor and have to like science, right?”
“Easy,” she laughed. “You’re crazy.” She moved closer, and miraculously, I could see her face clearer.
“Don’t move,” I ordered.
“What are you doing?”
“I can see you.” My eyes connected with her’s and a smile spread across my lips. “I see you, Birdie. I can see your green eyes, perfect lips, and you. I see you.”
“That’s amazing.” Her eyes darted to my mouth and then back to my eyes. “We are really close.”
“I’m gonna kiss you if you don’t move, Birdie,” I confessed.
She blinked slowly and moved a breath closer. “I’m not going anywhere.”
She had her chance to move. I warned her what would happen if she didn’t.
I closed the sliver of distance between us and pressed my lips to hers. Her breath caught, and I wrapped my arm around her waist.
My lips moved against hers, and she moaned my name. She pressed her body flush against me and wrapped her arms around my neck.
“Jesus. Only you could pull a chick with a fucking bandage on your head while you’re lying in a hospital bed.”
Birdie jumped off the bed and bumped into the chair.
“Fucking hell, Hero,” I groaned. I scrubbed my hand down my face and willed my hard-on to go down. One kiss from Birdie and I was ready to go.
“You can see me?” he asked.
I rolled my eyes and adjusted the blanket on my lap.
“Uh, he can see light and shapes,” Birdie explained.
“And shit up close,” I added.
