Adrenaline (Speed Series Book 2)(37)

I felt her walk into the kitchen before she even spoke. “Hey, you ready?”

Her voice filled the air and surrounded me in a warm f*cking fuzzy feeling I wasn’t used to.

Turning, I took her in while attempting to hold back my moan. She looked so damn adorable in jeans, pink Chucks, and a Houston Texans T-shirt.

“Oh, am I dressed okay? I can go change if you want.”

My eyes snapped forward as I shook my head. “No. You look great. So great.”

With a tilt of her head, she smiled and I saw something I hadn’t seen since she got here. Happiness. “I look great? I’m just dressed in jeans and a T-shirt.”

I wanted to tell her she’d look even better naked and bent over the table with my cock buried deep inside her. But I refrained.

Shit. I’ll be hard all day if I keep thinking like this.

“Yeah, but you look great.”

She drew in a breath and clapped her hands. “I got ready faster than I thought I would. Ready to go?”

“Sure.”

It took a little effort for me to get down the stairs and to my truck. Paislie helped me get into the truck before taking the crutches and putting them in the back seat of the truck.

As she drove into Waco, I couldn’t help but keep glancing her way. I was sure she felt my eyes on her. Each time I looked at her, she gripped the steering wheel a bit stronger. “Have you ever been to Waco?”

Paislie shook her head. “Nope.”

With a jerk of my head, I looked at her. “Really?”

She shrugged. “Never had a reason to come here. Well, I take it back. I did visit Baylor, but decided it wasn’t the school for me.”

Now I was curious and wanted to know every single thing about her.

“Where did you go to school?”

“Texas Women’s University in Denton.”

I wasn’t surprised she stayed in the Dallas area especially with how close she was with Sister Elizabeth.

“So did you ever go to college? I mean, I guess you probably didn’t have time with as much as you travel.”

“I actually started taking online classes in high school. I’d like to go back and get a degree. Just never enough time.”

She nodded her head and stopped at a stoplight and turned to me. Her eyes moved over my shoulder and she threw on the blinker. “Are you in a hurry or need to be somewhere?”

“Nope, just wanted out of the house.”

Paislie pulled into the parking lot of Woodway Park and parked. She turned off the truck, got and met me on the passenger side as I opened the door. I thought she was getting the crutches, but she got out a cane instead. “Let’s get in some walking on your leg, shall we?”

My mouth dropped open as I looked at her. “What? I thought therapy was this morning.”

With a raised eyebrow, she slowly shook her head. “If I’m going to be living with you twenty-four seven, and I see an opportunity to do something, we’re doing it.”

God, those last three words made my cock stir.

“Doing it, huh? Aren’t you rushing?” I asked with a wink.

She rolled her eyes, but I couldn’t miss the flush in her cheeks.

Placing her hands on her hips, she asked, “Are we in high school, Malcolm?”

“No ma’am, we most certainly are not.”

She ignored me as she continued to talk. “Take your time walking, but the faster we build up the strength in your leg, the better.” She pointed to a bench that faced the water. “Let’s walk over there and then sit for a bit.”

The distance to the bench looked easy, but by the time we got there, my leg felt like a ten-pound bag of cement was attached to it.

I sat down and moaned under my breath.

“How’s it feel?”

“Like I just dragged a f*ck ton of weight with my leg. It’s still feels numb up the side here.”

The way she was looking at me had me worried. “What? Why are you looking at me like I just lost my puppy or something?”

Her eyes lit up. “You have a puppy?”

With a frown, I replied, “No. I mean you’re giving me a f*cking pity look. I don’t do those well, so if you could knock that shit off I’d appreciate it.”

She folded her arms and narrowed her left eye at me. “Listen, if we’re gonna make this work we need to get something straight right now. You’re going to be in pain and it’s not going to be fun, but if you’re going to be a complete derk when we do this, I won’t be sticking around. I don’t like being treated like that.”

“You mean jerk,” I responded.

“No. I mean derk. You’re being both a dick and jerk at the same time.”

My head flinched back slightly as I frowned. “Isn’t that the same thing?”

She shook her head. “No. It’s like double the *ness.”

“That’s another made up word, Paislie. You can’t describe a made up word with another made up word.”

Her lips twitched as she held back her smile. “Who says so?”

With a blank look, I said, “Everyone!”

She rolled her eyes and sat down next to me. “I read through all your medical notes. I need to ask you something.”

My heart dropped as she stared at me with a concerned expression. “Okay. What?”