When Grant and I left the hospital after I'd had my hand bandaged, I checked my phone. Every story about the incident had already disappeared from the trending page.
I'd chosen that particular time on purpose. I wanted the scandal to blow up, but not spiral out of control. After everything that had happened, Grant was no longer so cold toward me.
"What would you like to eat?"
He opened the car door for me, carefully shielding my head as I got in. I pressed my lips together and said in a faint voice, "I'll be fine after some rest. You should get back to work."
"It's all right. Whatever you want to do, I'll stay with you."
"Really, you don't have to. I just want to be alone for a while..."
I managed a wan smile. 'This is the perfect time to leave him hanging, while he's so caught up in
