The night before her follow up appointment with her ortho, Jade stood in the kitchen next to Emmett. She leaned against the counter while she held her casted hand since she hardly wore her sling inside.
While Emmett was turned away from her, adjusting a pot on the stove, she took the opportunity to openly admire the way his muscles flexed and stretched with his movements.
If Jake was around, she knew he’d catch her roaming eyes, then tease her about it. But he was gone that night working a shift. Usually the two preferred to work together, but while she was under their wings, they alternated their shifts so that someone was with her most of the time.
She liked hanging out with them, she was going to miss having one of them always by her side.
Suddenly she was overcome with gratitude a
