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she was sitting up for the first time in days? So what if he’d helped her throughout it all? She still didn’t know the guy.
    “I owe you. My…family owes you. Let me at least do this for you. You’ll be able to recover much more easily than in this cheap motel room.”
    “You don’t owe me anything. You already rescued me! I just want to forget all this ever happened.”
    Something flashed in his eyes. “I can’t let you do that.”
    She blinked. “Wh-what?”
    “I’ll go get the car.” And with that, he opened the door and let it slam shut behind him.
    “What the hell just happened?” Sunny asked out loud. Something was seriously wrong. Between Mary and the blood and now Andy acting weirdly…and oh my God, he’d never even told her what the cops had said about all this. And what about her car? She knew it had to be totaled, but she’d like to see it to believe it.
    Get out of here. Now!
    She obeyed her instincts, and as she moved gingerly to her feet, clinging to the wall for purchase, she hoped he wouldn’t be back soon.
    He’d grabbed her stuff from her car at one point so it didn’t take her long to find a pair of shorts and a tee-shirt that were clean enough. When it came to underwear though, she could barely stomach the thought of putting a bra on.
    Ignoring it for now, she sat down on the bed and managed to dress herself more or less haphazardly. She was just tugging down the shirt when the door opened once again.
    He was in front of her before she could even move. He stood only inches away from her, his face hard as granite, his eyes dark. “You should have waited for me.”
    “I just wanted to get dressed.”
    “You’re in pain. I can smell it.”
    She looked up at him and frowned. “Smell it?”
    He drew back a little. “Yes. I mean, the blood and all.”
    “I’m not bleeding again, am I?” Scared, she pulled the tee up and examined the bandage covering her stomach. “I can’t see anything. Can you?”
    “Yeah.” His voice came out soft and husky.
    She gazed up at him and gulped. His eyes… God, his eyes had changed colors again. They were a bright blue and so very mesmerizing. She felt herself lean toward him, need surging inside her.
    Maybe I should have put that bra on after all… The thought swirled inside her mind, but she couldn’t make herself look away from him. It took a supreme effort to make her break the hold he had on her.
    Even as she blinked and looked down at the floor, even as she tugged the shirt back down, hiding herself, she still felt the heat of his gaze on her.
    “Stop that!” she told his feet, unwilling to look into his eyes again.
    “I’m not doing anything.”
    “Yes, you are.”
    “No, little kitten, I’m not. Let me pack up our stuff and then we’ll be on our way. You should be able to lie down on the backseat, so the ride shouldn’t be too uncomfortable.”
    “But I don’t want to go!”
    “Tough.”
    She looked up just in time to watch his ass disappear into the bathroom. It was a nice view, sure, but still… “Are you always like this?”
    “Like what?” he asked loud enough she could hear him from her position on the bed.
    “Giving orders. Not listening to what people say to you.”
    “Pretty much, yeah. You’ll get used to it.”
    She opened her mouth then realized she had no idea what to say.
    “Seriously?” she finally gasped.
    “Yup. Ready?” He had bags under both arms, and she watched as he grabbed her purse and hooked it around his neck.
    He looked cute like that. She started smiling then realized she’d been considering running away from him only minutes ago. She shook her head. The guy had a weird effect on her. “I need shoes,” she eventually replied, berating herself inwardly at the inane comment.
    She should be telling him no. She should go to wherever he’d dumped her car and take a look at it herself. Instead, she found herself saying thanks when he slid flip-flops onto her feet. Once he’d put their