Scarlett POV
“Sorry to interrupt.”
The nurse shut the door in a hurry.
The two bodyguards slipped out right behind her.
I looked at the man who still hadn’t moved off of me.
“Jaxen Hale, are you done being crazy?”
I was uncomfortable as hell.
He didn’t care at all that strangers had just watched.
He never even glanced at the door. His eyes stayed locked on me.
“Why’s your face so red? Flashing between red and white—trying to get me to take another bite?”
I turned my head on instinct, then frowned. “Is it?”
As he’d suddenly caught himself, Jaxen let go of my hands.
“Don’t forget how you begged me to help you. How you begged me to marry you. I can reach out and save you, or I can pull my hand back anytime and let you fall.”
I genuinely didn’t remember ever begging hi
