Cal immediately rose to her feet. I caught her hand in mine and tugged her to sit on the edge of my bed. “You stay.” Our stares locked, and she swallowed hard. The chatter around us stopped. “You forgot a question mark and a six-letter word.” She arched a devastatingly sassy brow. “Stay, hot-ass?” She gave me a chiding look. I groaned. “Stay, please?” She nodded, squeezing my hand in hers. “Until you’re sick and tired of me.”

