Chapter 28
His expression turned dark, his eyes wide. “WHAT? As well as the black eye? Did it happen since I saw you last?” I could see it all coming together in his mind when I didn’t answer. “Or do you mean... Why didn’t you tell me?”
It didn’t take a genius to figure out why I was so sick the day we met.
I was tingling all over. I needed to calm down. “I... I didn’t know you...” I stammered. “It’s... private... humiliating... It’s not something you tell a complete stranger...”
His eyebrows turned upward. “I guess... But I could have helped... done something more... if I had’ve known...” He raked his fingers through his hair, making it stick up even more, but somehow it still looked perfect. “s**t. I caused you to trip and you had broken ribs!”
“Don’t... Don’t do that to yourself. Y
