Chapter 8Cash guided Lex into the almost invisible gravel road, now covered in snow, leading up to his house. He couldn’t stop grinning. Lex had come. It might only be temporary, but if he made the trip once, he could do it again. If he called Cash once, he could do it again. He wouldn’t disappear. It wouldn’t be seventeen years before he saw him again.
“Are you in pain?”
“No.”
“No? It’s bleeding quite a lot. On a scale from one to ten, how much pain are you in?” Lex gave him a sideways glance before focusing on the road again.
“It stings a little, but it’ll be fine soon. I’ve had a lot worse.”
Lex nodded, and Cash grinned. This was Lex in work mode—assessing the damage, the pain level, and so on. It was freaking hot.
“I’ll have to have a closer look, but it might need stitching.”
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