Total pages in book: 74
Estimated words: 72892 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 364(@200wpm)___ 292(@250wpm)___ 243(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 72892 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 364(@200wpm)___ 292(@250wpm)___ 243(@300wpm)
The truth is that I welcomed the opportunity to come back here. I needed fresh air and a chance to catch my breath after my night with Eloise. The intensity I felt when I had my hands and mouth on her, and my cock buried in her, was overwhelming in a way I’ve never experienced before.
“Did you have a look at his file?” I ask to steer this conversation in another direction.
Evan takes the wheel immediately, charting us back on the course he set. “You had some fucking fun with someone tonight, Dr. Morgan, and it wasn’t in this hospital.”
“True.” That’s all I offer, and he accepts it greedily with a grin.
“Don’t read anything into it,” I warn with the wag of my finger in the air. “Don’t start talking marriage and kids.”
He mimes locking his lips and tossing the key.
“As if you can keep your mouth shut for longer than five seconds.” I laugh. “Say what you need to say.”
His expression turns serious. “Don’t let your job consume you, Gaines. I promise you there’s a whole lot of life to live outside of this place, and your fancy office.”
I can’t help but chuckle. “I’ll keep that in mind.”
“Are you done here?” He jerks a thumb toward the doors of the CCU.
“For now.”
“I need a burrito,” he says with a sigh. “I’ve had a craving all day and I know you’re going to tell me to work out or do deep breaths to get past that urge, but it’s not that simple. Sometimes you have to give in to a craving.”
I’m aware. I gave in to mine tonight, and plan on doing it again as soon as I possibly can.
“I know a place that it’ll satisfy your craving, but you’ll get the greens you need too.”
“Sounds gross, but I’m in if you’re buying.” He pats my shoulder. “And you should be buying because who the hell can afford a suit like that?”
“I’ll buy,” I agree as I push to my feet. “We both know you can afford a suit just like this, but you spoil your wife and daughter rotten.”
“Busted.” He holds both hands up in the air as if he’s surrendering. “I’d yank the moon down from the sky and paint it blue if either of my girls wanted that.”
“I know you would.”
“You might feel that way about someone one day.” He stands, too. “I can tell you that it feels a hell of a lot better than anything you’ll accomplish as a doctor.”
That might be true for him, but it’s not for me.
I made a vow to myself to devote my life to saving others, and that hasn’t changed yet, and it never will.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Eloise
“What happened to your head, Els?” Penny’s hand darts to cover her mouth as she stops over the threshold and into my apartment.
“I was chased by the devil.” I follow that with a laugh.
She joins in. “So, a creep chased you for your number? I’ve been there and done that.”
I motion for her to drop the bag she’s holding on my dining room table.
As she does, she sighs. “I should clarify that I was the one being chased. I wasn’t the chaser.”
“Gotcha.” I nod. “Thanks for bringing lunch, but you didn’t have to do that.”
“I may have an ulterior motive for the burgers and fries.”
I was expecting a turkey sandwich on rye, so this is an upgrade.
“I was walking past Crispy Biscuit,” she goes on, explaining the change in menu. “I smelled the burgers cooking and I couldn’t resist. You eat meat, right?”
I don’t get a chance to answer before she’s lost in a fit of giggles. “That sounded very high school of me. I was talking about actual beef, not blowjobs.”
“I figured as much.”
She winks at me. “You get me, Els. That’s why we’re such good friends.”
In my estimation, we are closing in on being friends in the broad sense of the word, but I do like being around her and when she invited herself over, I told her I’d be here waiting for her.
My only task all day has been thinking about last night.
I haven’t given any thought to the point in time when I fell on the sidewalk, but every second after that is playing on repeat in my mind.
The way Gaines touched me. How it felt when he fucked me, and his tender response to my confession is overwhelming me in the best way possible.
“Am I right to assume that you didn’t see any action because of the devil?”
I glance to where Penny is now unloading the food from the bag. “I should pay for half of that.”
She doesn’t flinch at my sudden change in subject. Instead she shakes her head. “No go, Els. I’m here to ask a big favor, so the food is my way of getting you ready for that ask.”