True Love Waits

Chapter 665 She Is My Woman

"Wesley," Blair said.

"Yeah?" Wesley was texting someone. When he heard her, he put away his phone and walked over to her. "What's the matter? You in pain?" he asked.

Blair shook her head. "No, not anymore. I'm fine now. Why don't you go to work?"

"I'm out on leave. Are you thirsty?"

asked Wesley. Blair nodded. Wesley held the water glass for her, tipping it to her lips. Blair sipped at it. After a bit she cupped the water glass and told him she'd had her fill.

Blair was upset. As time went by, guilt and anxiety gnawed at her heart. Wesley was doing everything he could for her. He even asked for leave so he could stay at the hospital. All this because he was told that she was sick and dying. And he believed it. It was really a ruse to get her and Wesley together. What if he got behind at work? What if he was needed on base? Blair felt really bad. Soldiering was his life. She had to try and persuade him somehow. "How about this? I'll call if I need you."

Wesley put the glass on the table and announced, "I'm not going anywhere. Get some rest."

His tone had a finality to it. There was no room for argument.

After helping her lie down, he sat on the edge of the bed. The anxious look on her face aroused his suspicion.

'Something is off, ' he said to himself. Blair was too nervous to look him in the eye.

The next morning, Orion came by. It had been only a few days since his last visit. When he got to the ward, Wesley had gone to buy breakfast for Blair.

The soldier came back with a bag of takeout just as Orion walked out of the restroom. The latter had a basin of warm water with a towel draped over his shoulder.

The look in Wesley's eyes was coated with gloom. The two men exchanged perfunctory greetings, and Orion immediately turned to Blair. "Don't worry. I'm just cleaning your face. You're not supposed to get your bandages wet-doctor's orders. So I'll do it for you," he persuaded.

helped Blair with these things. Now another guy took his place. There was no way he would stand

the

face, feeling embarrassed

towel mere millimeters from her face when Wesley grabbed Orion's

"I can do it," Orion responded, trying to wrench free of Wesley's grip. Wesley's face darkened. "I'm her boyfriend.

'My boyfriend?' Both Orion and Blair were

delightful surprise, of course. Wesley hadn't answered her when

Dejection was written all over his face. "Blair, is that

at him, not sure how to respond to that. Wesley had never made

just agreed to be my girlfriend.

cheeks. He

than that. If he asked Blair out, he didn't care if she had sex with Wesley or not. The past was the past. As long as it didn't happen again. But now Wesley claimed to be her boyfriend. The news hit him hard. He asked Blair again, "Okay.

possibly tell him anything about it

informed him, wringing the towel. Then he looked at Blair and told her, "You asked me if I would be your boyfriend, my

now on."

and Orion were

sure he got his point, Wesley said that in

he didn't miss a

pretty talkative today. While gently cleaning Blair's face with the towel, he continued,

a friend. That's all. She wanted to let you down easy. Get one thing straight: Blair's friends are my friends.

her toothbrush

the brush in her mouth, and started with

it was as if she were made

with a