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Epilogue

E M E R Y ' S  P.O. V

"Open wide Mr Romano." I stand between Kai's spread legs, my newly polished nails gripping his jaw as he lets its hang open.

I observe his tonsils, his teeth...but my eyes can't help but drift to the tiny scar near the side of his eye.

Something sharp tugs at my waist.

"Ow!" I stare down at him. "Did you just pinch me?"

"You're supposed to be checking out my mouth Doctor Grayson, not anything else." Sighing, I drop my hand from his mouth and gesture to my outfit.

"If I'm a supposed to be a doctor, then why am I dressed like a nurse?" My body is clad in a tight fitting white nurse dress, complete with stockings, lace garters and a headboard to match.

I was even going to tie my hair into a bun, because that's what a nurse would typically wear, but Kai chose against it. My long red hair is part of the sex appeal.

"The shop only had sexy nurse and fireman. They should really branch out into more professions."

I snort. "Who wants to fuck their dentist? Or their doctor?"

"Me." I glare at him. His dentist is unusually attractive. "I mean, I want to fuck you. My home doctor even though you're supposed to be my girlfriend."

We argue about this relentlessly. I'm a doctor, it's in my nature to want to care for my bed sick boyfriend but I also know he wants to care for me in the ways a boyfriend does. We're trapped int this strange liminal space and neither of us are willing to concede.

So I'm waving the white flag.

I agreed to do whatever wanted. He's just come off bed rest, he's allowed to partake in...physical activity and of course, requested that I fuck his brains out.

Well, he said the other way around but I'm definitely taking charge. He's still injured, despite it being a few months since the stabbing, Kai is finally moving into recovery.

The wound was hard to close at first, then his blood type had to be found but is extremely rare, and then it became infected. Twice.

I've come close to losing him so many times now that I'm terrified the slightest fuck up, the slightest pull and we're back in the hospital. Me, trying desperately not to cry myself into oblivion, whilst he fights for his life.

That night was the worst night of my life.

Not only was I detained by the police and forced to spend a night in a cell, unable to call anyone for help or even ask if Kai was alive, I was a suspect in attempted murder.

Jason almost died. His glucose levels were already low so the insulin shot just amplified it all. I could have killed him, but looking back, I would have done it again. Because if I didn't, Kai would have died.

We both would have...I did the right thing.

Kiara ended up bailing me out of the jail and somehow my association with the Romanos meant all charges were dropped.

I spent every painful night waiting in the hospital for Kai to recover, to wake up from his life saving surgery. His mom literally fell to her knees, thanking me for saving his life.

He saved mine though. Kai was my hero, and I was his. We were equals in this world, and I knew I could never stay back there, not after everything that had happened, so I left.

Pack up my things and moved into the Romano mansion.

My mom was a wreck. She cried over nearly losing me, but she also blamed Kai for it all. I knew my relationship wouldn't last with my mom's constant hatred for him, so I had to make a choice.