Page 126 of Little Bits of Daddy (Montana Daddies)

“Baby, don’t fall asleep.”

She opened her eyes suddenly, jumping with a gasp. “Ow. Ouch. I wasn’t falling asleep, just resting my eyes.”

“Please don’t rest your eyes. You’re gonna give me a heart attack. I’m going to be gray before the wedding at this point.” He helped her take a few sips of water.

“I think you’d look sexy with gray hair. You always look sexy. Even when you have that face.”

“What face?”

“Your spanking face.”

The doorbell stopped him from asking what his spanking face looked like.

Probably for the best. He had a feeling whatever she’d been about to say wouldn’t have been flattering.

“Don’t move,” he ordered, before walking out of the bedroom and toward the front door.

He unlocked and opened the door. Hack stood on the other side. With his motorcycle boots, jeans, and black T-shirt that showed off his tattoos, he didn’t look like a typical doctor.

But Duke trusted him to take care of his girl.

“Thanks for coming, man,” he said, leading the way back to his bedroom.

“Of course. What happened?”

“Not completely sure. Seems she tried to ride her bike and came off.” And he’d let himself get upset about that after he made sure she was all right.

“Well, here’s my patient,” Hack said cheerfully as he walked into the bedroom. “What mischief have you been up to, Miss Sunny?”

“I never get up to mischief.”

“Now, why don’t I believe you?” Hack asked as he set his bag down on the bed by her legs. “You want to tell me what happened and what hurts?”

“She’s got a scrape on her back and a lump on the back of her head,” Duke said hastily.

Hack shot him a look as he took Sunny’s pulse.

Right. He wanted to hear it from her.

Duke moved around to her other side.

“I’m going to sell my bike. I just wanted to check that it still started.”

“And okay, maybe I wanted to hear it. I just wanted to pretend that I was riding it. I never intended to actually ride it. I promise.”

Christ. He ran his hand over his face as Hack glanced up at him.

“It’s okay, baby girl,” he soothed. “Just tell us what happened.”

“Hatter found a rat.”

“What?” Duke asked.

“There was a rat in the garage. Hatter flushed it out and was chasing it. I don’t even really know what happened next. I put my foot up, I didn’t want the rat to climb up my leg. That can happen, you know.”

“So, I’ve heard,” Hack murmured.

“The bike wobbled as my foot came back down, I hit something and the bike went one way and I went the other.”

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