She nodded her head and hoped that the drool didn’t drip off her chin. Man, was he something else. The shirt he wore was stretched across his thick chest and muscles. His bronze skin and, of course, big, blue eyes were irresistible. Damn was she in trouble here. She tried to focus on something else.
“What are Quinn and Kenny up to?” she asked, taking a look over her shoulder, but it was a waste of time. Blake was already at the end of the road and turning onto the main road into town.
“They have something to take care of. No worries, darling.”
She tried not to think about it. Maybe they were headed over to Bryant’s house to make amends?
A short time later, they pulled into town and Blake parked his truck in the office parking lot. Blake got out to open her door and help her out.
“Blake, do you mind if I step into the boutique up the street later?”
He kept his hands on her waist as he stared down at her.
“You need something, darling?”
“I need to buy some clothes. I really haven’t had the chance to and I don’t want to look bad when I go over to your mom’s house for lunch tomorrow.”
“Oh yeah, that’s right, Anna and Stacy are coming over. But you look beautiful in anything you wear, Lena,” he told her, and she felt her cheeks warm as she lowered her eyes.
Then she felt his fingers under her chin, tilting her face up toward him.
“Beautiful, in anything or nothing at all.”
He leaned down to kiss her as the heat of his statement burned through her bloodstream. Damn was Blake sexy and so irresistible. Recalling what he and his brothers had done to her back at the cottage flashed into her mind. She took a deep breath. She didn’t regret a moment of it.
* * * *
At first, Lena was totally embarrassed by the commotion she caused coming into Doc’s office. Apparently the entire town knew about the fight at Rocky’s last night, the men in jail, and her being caught in the middle.
“My Lord, you poor thing. You’re lucky they hadn’t knocked you out cold,” some older woman in the office stated as she patted Lena’s arm. A few others waiting made their comments and hoped that she was okay. They were all very caring. Blake sat beside her as they waited, and a few of the women gave them smiles as if they were a couple. The thought of Lena and Blake being a couple made her belly quiver. What would it be like to have a boyfriend? What about four? She wondered, shocking herself silly. She began to cough, and Blake got up to get her a cup of water. She drank it, thanked him, and then tried her hardest not to focus on such foolish thoughts.
Once the other patients were seen, Sarah, the nurse, called in Lena.
“You can stay, Blake,” she told him, but Blake held on to Lena’s hand and shook his head as if Sarah was out of her mind. She raised her eyebrows at him, and he gave her a look right back that flustered Sarah. Finally they all headed into one of the examination rooms.
The moment Doc walked in, a scowl hit his face.
“It’s okay, Doc, I’m handling it fine really.” She tried to console him.
He took her hand and squeezed it.
“This really pisses me off, Lena. You deserve better. You don’t need to be placed in harm’s way like this.”
She felt tightness in her chest at his fatherly concern. “I appreciate that you care.”
“I do care. A lot. So do Will, Frank, and Abigail. Abby is going to flip out when she sees this.”
“Well, Lena’s done with working at Rocky’s.”
“She sure is. I have your pay for you, too, from taking care of Bryant. I hear he’s doing well.”
“Yes, sir. He’s not as obnoxious and nasty as in the beginning,” she teased, and he laughed. Blake grunted something behind her. She looked at him and he stared at her.
“Let’s take a look, Lena,” Doc said as he examined her eye.
* * * *
Bryant opened the front door despite the fact that he knew Quinn and Kenny were there to talk with him. It had pissed him off knowing that they stayed over there in Lena’s place for the afternoon and that Blake brought her into town to see Doc. He would have loved to remain in bed with Lena, holding her in his arms all night. It was enough that he had to deal with those emotions and the fact that his heart wasn’t rock solid like stone. That little vixen got under his skin, and he wanted nothing more than to sink his cock into her tight folds and get lost forever in her. That just wasn’t going to happen with his brothers in the picture.