Page 84 of Outback Secrets

‘Excellent. Can I get you a drink or anything? Something to eat?’

‘We just had lunch.’ Not that she’d eaten much, but that wasn’t because she wasn’t hungry. Now, she was ravenous.

‘Right.’ He nodded. ‘I’ll go grab the crutches and your bag then.’

Was he serious?

‘They can wait,’ she barked, patting the spot beside her. ‘Why don’t you grab yourself and lay down right here instead?’

A pained expression crossed Liam’s face and for a second doubt seized Henri’s heart. Had she misread the situation? Maybe her strong painkillers had caused her to hallucinate and everything she’d thought had happened back at her place had been a fantasy.

‘Is something wrong?’ She hated the neediness in her voice.

‘I saw how much you were struggling on your feet. I don’t want to hurt you.’

Oh God. Relief and something else akin to affection washed through her. ‘So you do want me?’

‘Want you?’ Liam ran a hand through his hair and stared intently at her. ‘Henrietta, I’ve wanted you since the moment you walked into the pub. Why else do you think I said yes to your crazy scheme? When I’m around you, I don’t think straight. But you had a serious accident yesterday … I don’t want to do anything that might make it worse.’

She held up a finger. ‘One, don’t you dare call me Henrietta ever again, and two—if you’re not gunna let your sore lip stop us, then I’ll be damned if I let my stupid ankle.’

The doctor had told her to avoid hot showers and anything else that might increase swelling for the first twenty-four hours—she guessed that might include heartrate-accelerating sex—but she wasn’t going to let those instructions hinder her pleasure either.

Liam took a step towards her. ‘Are you sure?’

‘I’ve never been surer of anything in my life.’