Chapter 33

Charli

"Miss Collins, is there anything I can get you?"

"Discharge papers," I said to the nurse.

"It's only overnight. After what you've been through and in your condition, the doctor just wants to be certain that everything is okay and monitor you through the night."

I nodded, more tears filling my eyes. I hadn't been able to stop the waterworks since the emergency room doctor gave me the news. I should have told Nox right away.

I didn't.

Now it was a few hours later. I was tucked into a hospital bed and waiting for Dr. Beck to arrive.

The door to my room opened. The flowers were the first to enter. Well, those and the long jean-covered legs I knew so well.

"Look what I found," Nox said as he placed the ridiculously huge bouquet on the table beside the bed.

"We're flying home tomorrow. Don't you think that's kind of silly?"

"No," he said. "After all the shit that's happened, if I want to shower you in rose petals, it's my prerogative."