Falling For Bad (completed ?)

XVII

"But I just told you," my eyes widened as she revealed her plans.

"I know but we had been planning this all year and now that you are here we don't have to leave tomorrow," Mrs. Monty lead me to the stairs.

"Wait what," I looked at her and furrowed my eyebrows.

"Madeline be a dear and watch over Mr. Lane."

"But why-"

"The nurse canceled after you called so now we have someone else to take care of poor Mr. Lane. Well he's not poor," she laughed and grabbed some luggage by the stairs. "Goodbye sir," she yells as she begins walking to the door.

"Wait! I have to watch him?! What about Sebastian or someone else who is qualified? I can't do it."

"I'm going to be late, my husband is downstairs already. Madeline you are our last hope and I would really like to leave today." She places her luggage down and hugs me, "Bash is gone already and we have no one else for the week." She lets go and holds my shoulders giving me a sincere look before taking my coffee and walking away. Curse her Irish voice, for handing my fate and taking my drink.

As the door closes I look back to the stairs, dreadingly. How things can take a turn.

It's very quiet inside his beautiful penthouse, no one is here which makes things a bit scarier. I mean how dare they leave me with Nathan, we aren't "together" anymore so....

No! I got this, all I have to do is stay around for a week. Maybe someone will come and relieve him off my hands. Maybe Melissa will come and take care of him, although that idea did bring me down a bit, it would be for the better.

So I hike up my skirt and make my way to his classic bedroom. The door was closed so I softly knock on it. Stepping back and I wait.

"What," he groans. My heart stops as I'm about to speak.

"I have coffee.."

It's quiet for a bit and I'm standing out the door with his coffee in hand.

The door opens quickly and I see Nathan.

His face has a few scratches and bruises accompanied with a neck brace. Along his shoulder is something that's holding his arm up. And of course he's shirtless.

"What are you doing here," he sounds a bit shocked but besides how he worded his sentence I don't sense any negativity behind it.

My eyes felt glued to his bare chest seeing all his hard work come to show. I really needed to start working out again instead of feeling like a victim or whatever my excuse was. I couldn't think! My mouth was slightly opened so when I caught it I tried to act natural but knowing me nothing was natural from then on. "I-I heard what happened then somehow I ended up being a caregiver...? I think."

"I already have one coming," he turns around and walks back to his bed stiffly. I have enough time to examine his torso and bring myself back to my senses. He barley turns his neck and his arm is against him at a right angle. The process of him trying to sit is painful to watch since he does it so slowly. His body and situation are very contradicting since he is like a man of steel but now looks... human.

I run me fingers through my hair and put my weight onto one leg as I wrap the other behind it, "Well," I smile awkwardly, "She canceled so I guess they ended up hiring me."

Nathan's expression went from confused to a deathly serious.

"Are you saying that no one else is here, no one qualified?"

"Yup," I bite my lip and look around.

"Kill me," he sighs and his head falls back. He rubs his eyes with his thumb and forefinger in annoyance. He must hate the situation like how I did.

I place the coffee on a small table next to the wall and take a seat on the bed. "So what do I need to do," I tie my hair up.

Nathan opens an eye and looks at me questioningly, "What can you do? I'll just do things myself."

"It's fine, I like helping people."

"Why would you want to help me?"

I thought he was going to say 'Why do I need help from yoouu' but I'm happy he answered differently.

I stop tieing my hair and look blankly at the floor, why did I want to help? I couldn't lie to myself or him and for that matter... what did I have to lose, so might as well just admit to him. Right?

"Because Mr. Lane," I begin, "I am utterly incapable of leaving you alone."

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A/N So continuing from last chapter we're still on the accident. I hope you guys are enjoying this, I feel like in the future I'm going to go back and clean things up since it's pretty messy right now. Anyways I feel that I sound like a broken record but I can not explain how much it means that you all read this book. I love seeing more people enjoy this and I feel like a writer every time a new person reads or I finish another chapter. Oh and the picture above is one I made but I have one more and that's it. I hope that I don't disappoint with the whole love story thing and plot. Thanks for everything!

-Stace