“Did you tell Dave?” I ask, breaking the quiet.
Lucas chuckles softly, the sound filled with relief. “Not yet. He’s going to be furious I didn’t update him earlier, but I wasn’t ready to talk to anyone until you woke up.”
His honesty pulls a small laugh from me.
"He’ll understand. Just don’t leave him hanging too long," I mumbled.
“He comes every day and stays here from morning until afternoon. On the first night, he didn’t leave until he was sure you’d been safely moved here,” he states.
Oh, Dave... He must be worried sick.
“I can’t compete with him, can I?” Lucas chuckled softly, his hands still scrubbing my scalp with the peach-scented shampoo. The soothing aroma mingled with his warmth.
“What do you mean?” I tilted my head back slightly, meeting his silver eyes. His Adam’s appl
