“Sonia, I am.”
“You are not.”
He straightened and looked to the ceiling before muttering, “Bloody hell.”
“You can say that again,” she huffed, crossing her arms on her chest.
He dipped his chin down to look at her. “Just show me how to give you the f**king injection.”
“No!”
“Show me!” he barked right in her face.
This was one of those times that set her teeth on edge and made her want to scratch his eyes out.
Sonia did not do that.
Instead, she said, “Give me the boxes.”
“Goddamn it, Sonia –” he started but she interrupted him.
“You want me to show you? Then give me the boxes so I can gosh darn show you!” she snapped.
He scowled at her a moment before he handed her the boxes.
Then with extreme ill-grace, Sonia showed him how to load the needle and with even more extreme embarrassment, she turned, undid her belt and cords and pulled her pants down to expose her upper right buttock.
“Just jab it in and press,” she bit out angrily. “The faster the bet –”
She stopped talking when she felt the heat of his fingers grazing her bare skin. She jerked up and whirled.
“Callum, just jab –” she started but he set the injection aside, grasped her h*ps and turned her. “Callum,” she said, twisting her head to look at him then snapped, “Callum!” when his thumb hooked in her pants and pulled them a few inches down over her hip while his other hand held her firm.
“Baby doll,” he murmured as his thumb slid along her skin.
“What are you doing?” she tried to snap but it came out breathy.
His thumb stroked back, softly, even tenderly.
Then his eyes came to hers. “You look like a f**king pin cushion.”
Her body grew tight and she looked away.
“That happens when you have to take an injection every night,” she informed him. “Now if you’d just –”
His hands at her h*ps became arms around her belly and he pulled her into his big, hard body.
“I don’t like this,” he said into the hair on top of her head.
He didn’t like it? He should try being her.
“I don’t like it either,” she replied. “It’s not fun. That’s why it’s better just to do it fast and get it over with.”
For a moment, he was silent. Then he sighed.
Then, without letting her go, he reached out with one hand to nab the injection.
“Pull down your cords for me,” he ordered gently.