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“This is hell.” Brookes gestures at the tablet as he stretches his legs out in front of him. “I wish there was more we could go back in there and do. It doesn’t feel like we’re done yet, but now it’s just a waiting game. I hate the waiting game.”
“How many crush injuries did you see when you were working with the rural ambulance?”
His gaze is distant as he glances at me before focusing on an ugly painting of fruit on the other side of the room. “Too many.”
A tear slips down his cheek and disappears into the stubble growing on his chin. I lean over and take his chin in my hand, turning his face to mine and kissing him. He cups my face with one hand, his mouth moving against mine. His thumb drifts across my cheek before he pulls back and focuses on his tablet.
As I start to fill out my reports, I know that we’re going to get through this together.
The bad days might not be as bad with Brookes here.
14
BROOKES
Jessie leans over the nurses’ station, laughing and talking with one of the nurses. My gaze drops down to the way those emerald-green scrubs hug the curves of her ass. It’s been a long day and all I want to do is go over there and drag her away.
That would be unprofessional though. And she would never forgive me for embarrassing her in front of our colleagues.
And our relationship is a secret. A big secret that we have to keep.
I sigh and look down at my tablet. I’ve finished my rounds and reports for now. There’s some time to kill before I have to go and check in on a few patients.
I could use a little time alone with Jessie.
We’ve barely seen each other in the last few days. This is the first time since the day of Mr. Lestor’s crush injury that we’ve been on the same schedule.
She laughs again, tossing her head back as one of the male nurses grabs a flower from a bouquet sitting there and hands it to her. I pretend to look at something on the tablet but I can’t stop myself from glancing up at them.
Jessie leans a little closer to him, the smile dropping as she rolls the flower between her fingers. The man grins, still leaning too close to her for my liking. His gaze drags up and down her body, making it clear what he’s thinking about.
Hell, it’s the same thing I’m thinking about.
I don’t blame him at all. Jessie is an amazing woman.
But just because I don’t blame him doesn’t mean I don’t see red when he looks at her like that. Part of me wants to go over there and make it clear that she’s with me, but I know Jessie. She isn’t going to lead the man on.
She hands the flower back to him and steps away, straightening up and smoothing down her top. The man looks down at her chest, not bothering to hide it.
Jessie’s upper lip curls and she spins on her heel. Her hands ball into fists before she stuffs them in her pockets and walks away. The man keeps watching her, his eyes glued to the sway of her hips.
My blood boils as I glare at him, just waiting until he notices me. When he finally looks up, his gaze meeting mine, I raise an eyebrow.
He at least looks embarrassed as he sits back down behind the nurses’ station and starts to work again.
Jessie spies me just as I’m about to head to the break room. Her entire face lights up, making me feel like the luckiest man in the world as she comes over to me.
My heart skips a beat as she stands in front of me. “Looked like you were having some fun over there. Looks a bit young for you though. I heard you like them elderly.”
Jessie laughs and shakes her head. “I can’t believe it. Did you stand over here the entire time and watch that? Did it make you jealous, Brookes?”
I lean closer to her. To the people around us, it just looks like a private conversation. They can’t feel the heat radiating between us or see the way Jessie’s nipples pebble against the fabric of her shirt.
“You’re damn right.”
Though I know she wasn’t even entertaining whatever the nurse was saying to her, the jealousy was there and rearing its ugly head. I’m secure enough to admit that to her.
Based on the way her breath hitches when I step away and brush against her in the process, she doesn’t seem to mind.
