The Hero She Deserves - Page 90

He twined his fingers with hers. “I’d do anything for you.”

“I know. You’ve shown me that from the moment we first met.” She pressed a kiss to his mouth, then nibbled on his lip. “I love my work, and I know that you love yours and Maui. How will we make this work?”

“We’ll work it out, I promise. Because it’s worth the effort.”

She nodded. “And you always keep your promises.”

He heard sirens, and a few moments later, several black SUVs, police cars, and an ambulance turned into the alley.

Hollis didn’t leave his side as the paramedics checked him over. She didn’t even watch as Reuben and his men got shoved into the FBI vehicles.

He got strapped to a gurney and settled into the ambulance. Hollis sat beside him, holding his hand.

“We’ll meet you at the hospital,” Vander told them. Bedside him, Park gave them a salute.

Sawyer nodded, and watched as Vander closed the ambulance doors.

“It’s really over now,” she murmured.

“This mess is over.” He rubbed the smooth skin on her wrist, right beside her bracelet. “But we’re just getting started.”

She smiled, but then she looked down at his bloody shirt. “After you get to the hospital, and don’t have a knife sticking out of you anymore.”

As the ambulance pulled away, the paramedic in the back with them turned to look at her. “Hey, are you…?”

“I am, but please focus on the love of my life. I don’t want him bleeding to death.”

With a nod, the paramedic set to work checking Sawyer’s vitals. “Not going to let that happen, Ms. Stanton.”

Right then, Sawyer felt a little grateful to Michael Reuben. Not about the knife wound, but for bringing Hollis into his life.

He met her gaze.

She’d woken him up, and now, he was never letting her go.

“Careful.”Hollis held Sawyer’s hand as they headed down the hospital corridor.

“Gorgeous, I’m fine. I’m all bandaged up and the doctor cleared me.”

The knife was gone, and he’d been stitched up. Sawyer had been right, and the knife hadn’t hit anything vital. The sense of relief she felt was immense.

“I also heard him say that you’d lost a lot of blood, and need to hydrate and rest.”

Sawyer stopped and pulled her to his chest. “I’mfine. And I’ll rest, with you.”

She smiled, her heart squeezing. God, she was totally in love with this man.

He dropped a kiss to her nose.

“Come on,” she said. “Vander’s bringing the SUV around the front.”

The hospital doors opened, and as they stepped outside, they were blinded by pops of light.

Then the shouts started.

“Hollis, who’s the man?”

“Hollis, can you confirm that you were involved in an altercation in Rincon Hill?”