Chapter 43

“Please let me help you inside or you'll break your neck!” Tyler groaned, lifting Katerina off her seat. She squealed at the sudden movement but ended up laughing when Tyler dropped her back down.

“Am I too heavy for you, you're just getting fat?” She laughed.

Tyler leaned on the open car door, placing a hand on his chest as he pretended to be mock hurt. “Ow, that hurt.”

“Your pride or ego?” She stuck out her tongue like a 5-year-old. “I've told you countless times, I can walk. You need to stop treating me like an invalid.”

“What if I just love carrying you around?” He leaned in, nuzzling at her neck.

She giggled, leaning back in the car and closing her eyes as she breathed him in.

It seems that landing in the hospital has some perks since it brought her and Tyler back together. If anything, she'd say that they were closer than ever.

After her parents left, they had the longest conversation where Tyler opened up about why he'd been absent for a couple of days.

It turns out that he cou