Blink of an Eye by Keira Ramsay Read Free Book Online Page B

work. The thought calmed him.
    He remembered the paramedic talking to their patient, telling him Officer Thompson would be taking his family to the hospital. Thompson…her brother, he was sure. He looked hard and saw the family resemblance, even though both were obviously pissed off as hell at each other.
    “Doctor?” The tone in the medic’s voice told Scott he’d queried more than once. “Where should I drop off your medical stuff?”
    “Sorry.” He swept a hand through his plaster-crusted hair. What he’d done here today felt good, but he realised, really realised, for the first time, he’d never be a PJ again. Cassidy had been right, he’d needed someone to drive him, and, even though they’d been a great team, he’d never be a part of the brotherhood of the Air Force Pararescue Service ever again.
    He caught the paramedic’s eye. “I’m not a doc. Don’t worry about my gear. I won’t be needing it again.”
    The medic, Hayes, by his brushed-aluminium name tag, coughed and cast a quick glance at his eye patch, then dropped his attention back to their patient. “Whatever you say, doc.”
     
    * * * *
     
    Scott slid into the bucket seat of the SUV, more exhausted than he could ever remember. He’d come to too many realisations today, and it had wiped him out. While he might recognise, in his heart, that the woman in the driver’s seat was everything his horoscope had prophesied, he had no idea how to make it become a reality, not now when his brain was turning to Jell-O. “That was one helluva date, Cassidy. Let’s not do this again.” He turned to face her. “What the hell were you thinking, going in there after I told you not to?”
    “You sound just like Jay. I knew what I was doing, so chill. Everything worked out all right.” She shot him a grin that bathed her face in pure beauty. Impossibly, his cock hardened. Apparently he wasn’t too tired for that. It made it really difficult to stay angry. “Relax, okay? I’ve got an idea.”
    He rested his head against the slick leather, ignoring his throbbing dick. Right now, he was more than willing to follow Cassidy’s lead. He found himself dozing, and brought himself awake with a start. He’d never napped after an op unless he was with his team, and then it had been because any kind of sleep was an imperative. Doing so in her presence signified just how much she’d wormed her way into his head and heart in two short days.
    He studiously ignored the surge of jealousy he’d felt… He’d been envious of many things in his life—family, belonging—but never of a woman. She wasn’t his to ‘own’. Hell, Cassidy Thompson would never be beholden to anyone but herself. And how could someone like him ever fit into her life? Did he even want to try?
    The truck rolled to a stop in the small lot behind her building, and he pulled himself out with an effort. The culmination of the night, and the sudden realisation that Cassidy had become frighteningly important to him in such a short amount of time, had left him utterly desolate. It should have pissed him off that he was so weak, but he was too damned tired to be mad. The docs had told him he’d tire easily, but this was freaking ridiculous. He’d lost an eye, not a limb.
    Cassidy led him inside and pushed him down into the easy chair. “Have a seat. I’ll be out in a sec.” He sank back into the plush fabric, staring blindly at the brick wall opposite him.
    He dimly heard the sound of running water, the pad of her bare feet as she walked behind the chair into the open kitchen, and the soft clink of a bottle being uncapped.
    He met her halfway across the open space of the living room/kitchen combo, gratefully accepting the beer she extended. He took a moment to appreciate the jade green robe draped silkily over her curves, making her fair beauty all the more startling. Her hair was piled on top of her head with one of those contraptions only women know how to operate, leaving the long curve