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I sighed. I didn’t want her thinking that I thought kissing her was horrible. “Colbie?—”
She shot me an icy glance and shook her head. “Just forget it, okay?”
I dropped down on one knee. “We’re friends.”
Her smile was strained. “Friends. I know.” She pinched the bridge of her nose. “It’s been a hell of a night, and I’m on drugs. Let’s just forget this.”
I nodded and reached out to touch her face, but she turned away, then pushed to her feet.
“You need to stay off that leg?—”
She ignored me. “Jess?”
The woman turned.
“I need the ladies. I assume I’ll need a guard and I don’t want Jackson, here.” She looked anxiously at the trees. “Can you help me out?”
Smiling, Jess walked over. “Sure thing. Come on.” She took Colbie’s arm.
I frowned at them.
Colbie gave me a careless smile, then they disappeared behind a large tree.
And I suddenly realized that I hated having her out of my sight.
Shit. I gripped the back of my neck. I’d dealt with that badly. I lifted a hand and touched my lips, then dropped my arm. My fingers clenched into a fist.
We needed to get out of here. I needed Colbie safe.
I needed to get home and clear my head.
Then everything would be back to normal.
CHAPTER FOUR
Colbie
The pain was gone, but so was my buzz from the nano-meds.
Now all I felt was acute embarrassment.
Kissing Marc…
Hell, what a mistake. Mortification squirmed through me, but it was more than that… It hurt like hell.
I’d seen him accept kisses from plenty of flirty women at Hemi’s bar, but my kiss had turned him to stone and horrified him.
I wanted to cry.
“You okay?” Jess asked.
I smiled at the woman. “I’ll be better once I’m home and in my own bed.”
She nodded. “I’m so glad we found you.”
“Me too.” I gestured to the bushes, then ducked behind them to relieve myself.
I wasn’t going to think about Marc. I shoved the hurt down deep. I’d avoid him for a while, then things would go back to some sort of normal.
