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mean.
Her, the girl he screwed while he had a girlfriend?
Her, the girl who was dumb enough to go upstairs and hand over her virginity?
Her, the girl who was so easy he didn’t even have to tell her his last name to get laid?
Ryan was pretty drunk. He probably doesn’t even realize he took my virginity. Probably assumes I was a whore who wanted to hook up with a baseball star like all the other girls at that party.
“Needed a break from my brother, eh?”
I look up at the sound of the woman’s voice. Ryan’s sister. Great. He hasn’t been discharged yet. “When you’re a nurse and someone offers to watch your patients so you can grab lunch, you don’t say no, since the chance will likely not present itself again.”
She sits on the bench across from me. “He’s not happy another nurse took your place. He wants you.” A grin spreads across her face. “In a long string of choice words, he told her to get out and send you back to be his nurse again.”
“Martha’s an excellent nurse. She’ll take great care of your brother.”
Emma grimaces as she pushes her shoulders back and straightens her spine. “He’s going ballistic; he thinks you left and won’t be coming back in to see him.”
That was the plan but not if he’s potentially going to be mouthing off to my co-workers about the past. I can’t have him asking questions or getting answers about me and my present life, so it’s time to put out this fire.
I gather my lunch to toss in the trash. “I’m on my way back.”
Emma’s expression is apologetic. “I shouldn’t have disturbed you on your lunch break. I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay.” Ryan Briggs killed any appetite I might have had.
“I don’t know why my brother’s being so nuts. Anesthesia always makes him say funny things but he’s never been this way.”
“We’ll blame the drugs.” Not the fact that he’s waking up from anesthesia and recalling a night from five years ago.
Ryan’s demanding I return to be his nurse? Going ballistic because he thinks I left? Why? Is he so egotistical he hasn’t gotten over being left in the middle of the night without a goodbye?
Martha laughs when she sees me approach the nurse’s station. “You weren’t gone long, missy. Let me guess. The bossy bastard in room six sent someone to get you?”
“The sister.”
“I figured as much when I saw her scampering out of his room. Guess he prefers a pretty, young thing over this old, wrinkled lady. Can’t say I blame him.”
Already half past the hour so vitals are due again. “Thanks for keeping an eye on him for me.”
“No problem. Maybe you’ll get some downtime for a lunch break after you discharge him.”
“Maybe.” Doubtful. There’s always another to replace the one you send out the door.
I stop at the curtain to Ryan’s room before entering. Deep breath in, Ashlyn. Exhale slowly.
It really pisses me off he still has this kind of effect on me five years after the fact. One encounter. One damn night five years ago and the man can still wreck me today.
Fate is unkind to me. Why the hell couldn’t his body have gone to shit after he stopped playing college ball? Why does he still have to be so damn hot ?
Fuck being hot. It doesn’t make up for being an asshole.
“What’s the matter, Ashlyn? Trying to think of a way to explain what you did?”
What. The. Actual. Fuck?
I yank the curtain back and march to his bedside, my hands fisted at my side. “What I did? I know you didn’t actually just say that to me.”
“That got your attention, huh?” His mouth tugs at one corner and the adjacent eye narrows as his brow arches. Holy shit. Jacob makes that exact face…every time the little shit is up to no good.
And now Ryan Briggs is up to no good. I’m sure of it.
Like father, like son.
Releasing July 28, 2016
D uncan Willis should be on GQ, not the co-owner of the company where I work. He's my boss, and he's also arrogant and cocky, knowing how to melt
Her, the girl he screwed while he had a girlfriend?
Her, the girl who was dumb enough to go upstairs and hand over her virginity?
Her, the girl who was so easy he didn’t even have to tell her his last name to get laid?
Ryan was pretty drunk. He probably doesn’t even realize he took my virginity. Probably assumes I was a whore who wanted to hook up with a baseball star like all the other girls at that party.
“Needed a break from my brother, eh?”
I look up at the sound of the woman’s voice. Ryan’s sister. Great. He hasn’t been discharged yet. “When you’re a nurse and someone offers to watch your patients so you can grab lunch, you don’t say no, since the chance will likely not present itself again.”
She sits on the bench across from me. “He’s not happy another nurse took your place. He wants you.” A grin spreads across her face. “In a long string of choice words, he told her to get out and send you back to be his nurse again.”
“Martha’s an excellent nurse. She’ll take great care of your brother.”
Emma grimaces as she pushes her shoulders back and straightens her spine. “He’s going ballistic; he thinks you left and won’t be coming back in to see him.”
That was the plan but not if he’s potentially going to be mouthing off to my co-workers about the past. I can’t have him asking questions or getting answers about me and my present life, so it’s time to put out this fire.
I gather my lunch to toss in the trash. “I’m on my way back.”
Emma’s expression is apologetic. “I shouldn’t have disturbed you on your lunch break. I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay.” Ryan Briggs killed any appetite I might have had.
“I don’t know why my brother’s being so nuts. Anesthesia always makes him say funny things but he’s never been this way.”
“We’ll blame the drugs.” Not the fact that he’s waking up from anesthesia and recalling a night from five years ago.
Ryan’s demanding I return to be his nurse? Going ballistic because he thinks I left? Why? Is he so egotistical he hasn’t gotten over being left in the middle of the night without a goodbye?
Martha laughs when she sees me approach the nurse’s station. “You weren’t gone long, missy. Let me guess. The bossy bastard in room six sent someone to get you?”
“The sister.”
“I figured as much when I saw her scampering out of his room. Guess he prefers a pretty, young thing over this old, wrinkled lady. Can’t say I blame him.”
Already half past the hour so vitals are due again. “Thanks for keeping an eye on him for me.”
“No problem. Maybe you’ll get some downtime for a lunch break after you discharge him.”
“Maybe.” Doubtful. There’s always another to replace the one you send out the door.
I stop at the curtain to Ryan’s room before entering. Deep breath in, Ashlyn. Exhale slowly.
It really pisses me off he still has this kind of effect on me five years after the fact. One encounter. One damn night five years ago and the man can still wreck me today.
Fate is unkind to me. Why the hell couldn’t his body have gone to shit after he stopped playing college ball? Why does he still have to be so damn hot ?
Fuck being hot. It doesn’t make up for being an asshole.
“What’s the matter, Ashlyn? Trying to think of a way to explain what you did?”
What. The. Actual. Fuck?
I yank the curtain back and march to his bedside, my hands fisted at my side. “What I did? I know you didn’t actually just say that to me.”
“That got your attention, huh?” His mouth tugs at one corner and the adjacent eye narrows as his brow arches. Holy shit. Jacob makes that exact face…every time the little shit is up to no good.
And now Ryan Briggs is up to no good. I’m sure of it.
Like father, like son.
Releasing July 28, 2016
D uncan Willis should be on GQ, not the co-owner of the company where I work. He's my boss, and he's also arrogant and cocky, knowing how to melt
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