5 Reasons To Love Again

Chapter 60

Walking into the dining room, we sat in the two empty chairs next to each other. Brady, smiled and winked at me handing me my fish sandwich. I took it with a smile back at him. Lexine was busy eating her Happy Meal and playing with her toy in between bites of her cheeseburger. She held up her sparkly pony to show me and I smiled and nodded at her. Everyone was careful to keep the dinner conversation light and happy.

There were a lot of affectionate touches from Preston on one side and Brady on my other. It made me feel better and cared for. I couldn't imagine life without my guys anymore. After we ate, clean up was really easy with just wrappers to toss into the garbage. All of us retired to the living room to watch a movie and unwind. This time I sat between Chase and Wyatt. Chase checked my eyes again and seemed satisfied that I wasn't in too much pain.

"I'm going to give you some more ibuprofen at bedtime." he told me.

Lexine came over interested in what Chase was doing and watched the exam. He winked at me and told her to get her doctor kit. She came running over with it and put on her little white coat. He walked her through the exam again on me and showed her how to run her little fingers on my head and feel the bump. It was adorable to see her hold her little finger up and move it side to side so that my eyes can follow it!

Jake recorded it on his phone and laughed. All the guys were smiling at her. After she was done with me, she ran over to Brady to give him the same exam. She remembered all the steps in order without any prompting from Chase. He looked proud. "That's our girl!" he said softly and put his arm around my shoulder. His weight pressed against my sore shoulder and I unintentionally winced. Chase noticed immediately and took his arm away. In fact all the guys noticed and started to distract Lexine.

"Come with me for a minute." Chase said and we got up and he led me to his home office.

"Is it the shoulder or arm that's hurting?" he asked me.

"The shoulder is just a little sore," I said to him. "It wasn't that bad earlier. I think that it just got twisted a little when he grabbed my arm and I tried to get away."

A flicker of anger crossed his face before he asked me to take off my top so that he could get a closer look at it. I nodded and he helped me take off my shirt. Chase gently took my arm and rotated it so see my range without hurting. "I think that you might have a pulled muscle. It should heal in a few days. If it continues to hurt then I'm going to want to do some x-rays but until then, just take it easy. Tonight let's have you take a bath and rub some Tiger Balm into it. Also, pick someone to stay with tonight because I am going have them wake you up every three hours. Let's have Lexine spend the night without interruption."

I nodded and then wondered who I should spend the night with. I was surprised that Chase wasn't telling me that I was going to spend it with him since he was the doctor and all. As usual, he was able to read my mind. "I would have you spend it with me but I have to work tomorrow and I'm not seeing any signs of a concussion that would make me worried. I think that you are going to be just fine. Besides, I get to have you to myself on Friday night," he stepped closer to me and I was aware that I was still shirtless with just a bra. He traced his fingertips across my shoulder making me shiver. "You know, if anything was wrong, I'd have taken as much time off of work that I would need, to take care of you." His fingers moved up my neck and tilted my chin up. "So Friday night, we will have dinner and dancing at the fundraiser. Back at home the date will continue in the hot tub and hopefully finish in bed. How does that sound?"

"That sounds good." I managed to say in a husky voice. I cleared my throat, "I think that maybe Brady wouldn't mind me spending the night in his bed?"

Chase laughed and said, "Oh, I highly doubt that any of us would ever mind if you wanted to spend the night in our bed! Just remember that Friday night, you are mine."