Chapter 153

"Keegan..." Mara didn't want to owe him anymore. She knew they were intimate but she didn't want to be too dependent on him. She needed to be sure that she could handle her's and Cody's future should anything happen between them in the long run. It was a rational thought, and she needed her head to be on point and not to focus on her future with Keegan. He had left her once it had carved a very memorable impression in her mind and her heart.

"Mara, I need to do the right thing with you."

"Okay." Her headache was coming back, and it was easier for her to end the conversation than to argue about what she thought about what he needed to do.

"Hey, are you feeling okay?"

"Headache," Mara confessed.

Keegan nodded and told her to sleep on it while he drive. "Test back and sleep, it'll be a while with the heavy afternoon traffic."

When they finally arrived, Mara was tired and Cody's face was plastered with worry when he saw Mara's arm wrapped in bandage a