“I love you too, baby. The thought of losing you had me ready to burn down the world without an ounce of regret.”

I lift a brow. “I kinda like the thought of that. Avenging my death and all.”

He shakes his head with a grin. “Making jokes at a time like this is one of your better qualities.”

“Will you tell me exactly what happened? I didn’t want to ask in front of Tyler.”

“It wouldn’t have mattered. I already told him everything because I felt like he needed to know the truth.” Archer gently sits on the edge of the bed and brushes the hair off my face.

“Everything, everything?” I ask with raised brows.

“I didn’t tell him about us.”

I smirk. “I’m not sure you’d be alive right now otherwise. Okay, well, can you give me a play-by-play on exactly what happened?”

“We were in bed when the doorbell rang. You said you scheduled a breakfast order, so you got up to answer it. I followed you out to go use the bathroom, but then I heard a woman say, ‘What do you have that I don’t have?’ and I knew it wasn’t the delivery. When I walked over to ask what was going on, the woman came at you, and I caught you just as you were falling to the floor. I didn’t even realize she stabbed you until I saw the blood. She ran and drove off in the same black Escalade that’d been following us. I quickly grabbed my phone and called 911.”

“So you saw her face?”

“Yeah, but I didn’t recognize her. She had short red hair and dressed like she had money. The look on her face was fucking frightening like she was cracked out and had nothing to lose.”

“The only person I know who looks like that is Eric’s wife.”

“That’s what Tyler said too,” he tells me. “We gave her name to the police as well.”

I squeeze his hand tight. “I’m glad you were there with me. If you wouldn’t have been, I might’ve…” I stop myself from finishing. “I don’t want to think about it.”

“I don’t either.” He leans over and brushes his lips across mine again. Just as he pulls away, the door to my room swings open. When I see Lexie’s bright smile, my face lights up.

She rushes forward, so Archer steps back to give her space. “Thank God! Do you know how worried I’ve been?”

I chuckle as she gives me a gentle hug. “I can only imagine. How have things been at work?”

“I’m holding down the fort. Dana and Heidi have been a big help. You don’t need to worry.”

I let out a relieved breath. “Thank you so much. I really owe you.”

She waggles her brows. “I’ll send you my wish list.”