Arranged Marriage To The Hot New Teacher

Chapter 22

I sat in the hospital bed as Hanna applied the last ammount of lip gloss.

"Your ready." she says with a smile. "Ready?"

"No." I reply honestly. "I mean, yes and no. I don't know."

She squeezes my hand. "It'll be okay."

"How exactly do you know?" I ask her.

"Because he loves you." she reminds me.

I sigh. "Go get him."

She quickly hugs me then skips out of the room. That's my freak of a best friend for you.

Hayden enters the room. He's exactly as I remembered him. Sexy. You can see the dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep. Was that because of me? I wondered. He comes over and sits down in the chair next to the bed. He doesn't touch me, but instead just looks me up and down.

"Hey." I say.

"Desi." he whispers.

He bends over and cries into my chest. I run my hand through his silky hair. "It's going to be okay. I'm here now. I'm alive." I assured him.

He looks up at me, tears rolling down his cheeks. I couldn't take it anymore. I cupped his face in my hands and pulled it towards me. I put my lips on his. It took him a second to get away the shock, then he started to kiss me back. His arms went around my, and mine went around his neck. My fingers intertwined themselves into his hair.

Someone cleared their throat. "A hospital room isn't a place to make-out." Mason says, carrying my lunch in.

"Aww, but it's fun." I said, pouting.

He rolls his eyes. "Of course Desiray Riley would think that. Would you like your lunch or not?"

I nod and hold out my hands for my chicken sandwhich. He rolls his eyes and tosses it to me. I instantly tear into it.

"Thank goodness you have to marry her and not me." Mason sighs in relief.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask with a full mouth.

Hayden whipes a crumb bit off my chin. "It means that I love you."

"No it doesn't!" I accused.

He chuckles. "But I do love you. You do know that right?"

I put my hands on my hips, which really isn't a good pose to do in a hospital bed. "I love you, Hayden Edwards, You do know that right?"

"You better." he says, leaning down to give me a kiss. Instead he takes a bite of my sandwhich.

"Hey!" I pout. "You get your own! You don't have to eat this shit here that shouldn't count as food!"

"But it's always better when it's your food." he said.

"I'm starved so paw off my food!" I snapped, taking another bite.

"Fine I'll eat your fries."

I slap his hand away. "Hands off my food."

Hanna walks in and hugs Hayden.

"Hands off my sexy fiance!" I said.

She laughs. "Someone's happy."

"I am. Now gets your hands off him." I turned to Hayden. "And you, hands off my food and best friend."

They laughed. "Desi's back."

"Hell yeah I am!" I said with a grin.