Chapter 19

TESSA POV

"What did you just say?"

Malcolm's voice changed instantly, the teasing warmth from moments ago gone, replaced by a sternness sharp enough to stop me in my tracks. I turned fully toward him. His eyes stayed fixed on my face, searching it as though trying to determine whether I was joking.

"I said I could treat you," I repeated, seriously this time, no uncertainty left in my voice. "I could make you stand again."

This had been sitting at the back of my mind for weeks now. Even before I'd chosen him as my fiancé, I'd noticed his legs, and wondered quietly about his injury.

Since...