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Blindsiding her like this was a dick move. Even if he hadn’t meant to blindside her.
He should have told her that he would be working at County the moment she mentioned the hospital back at the reunion. He’d started to tell her later when they were in his hotel room, but he’d gotten distracted by the sight of her stripping out of that cherry-red jumpsuit.
It was no excuse. He’d had ample opportunity over these past couple of days to disclose that he was in charge of the company that would be conducting the audit. Would she have been pissed? Yes.Hellyes. But he should have been straight with her regardless of the potential backlash.
He needed to find her. He owed her an explanation.
Drew pushed his chair back from the table.
“I appreciate the introduction to Travis County Hospital, gentlemen, but I need to make sure the folks from my team are getting settled into their various spaces around the facility. We have another meeting scheduled tomorrow, at Dr. Coleman’s request. I will be able to fill you all in on everything you need to know then.”
Remembering tomorrow’s meeting reminded Drew that he needed to discuss time allocation with Dr. Coleman. The man had already scheduled three meetings for their first week. Drew planned to curb this practice pretty damn quick. His disdain for useless meetings was well-known throughout Trident and the Meacham Group, the hedge fund where he’d worked prior to starting this venture. If it couldn’t be handled via email, it could wait until the weekly office-wide meeting. Theonceweekly office-wide meeting.
Drew stopped at the hospital directory near the information desk, then boarded the elevator and rode it to the third floor. It let him off just outside the nurses’ station. He went to the desk only to find it empty.
“Can I help you?”
He turned to find a tall Black woman in blue hospital scrubs marching toward him. The scowl on her face declared that she was too busy to deal with anyone’s bullshit.
“Can I help you?” she repeated as she approached.
“Ah, yes, I’m looking for Dr. London Kelley,” Drew said.
“She’s with a patient.” The woman scrutinized the identification badge on his lapel.
Drew stuck his hand out to her. “I don’t think we’ve met. I’m Drew Sullivan with Trident Health Management Systems. We’re conducting an audit of the hospital.”
Her expression didn’t change. Nor did she accept his handshake.
Well, damn. He guessed word had already traveled around the hospital that he was in league with the enemy.
“I’ll handle this, Carmen.”
Drew twisted around at the sound of London’s voice. She marched with the same sense of purpose as the older nurse, but she somehow made it look sexy as hell. It should be a rule that no doctor should look so damn good wearing hospital scrubs.
Drew nodded at the nurse. “Thank you, Carmen.”
“That’s Nurse Francis,” the woman answered. She hitched her chin at London. “She’s the only one who gets to call me Carmen.”
“I see you’re making new friends,” London said. She grabbed him by the arm. “This way.”
Yeah, she was pissed.
Drew followed her down the opposite hallway. Once they reached the second-to-last door, London opened it and waited for him to enter the tiny room ahead of her. The moment she shut the door, she whaled on him.
“You are a lying son of a bitch, Drew Sullivan.”
“I know I should have told you.”
“You’re fucking right you should have told me,” she hissed.
Drew figured the only reason she wasn’t screaming at the top of her lungs was that she didn’t want her young patients hearing their doctor curse like a sailor.
“You knew damn well that you would be working inmyhospital, and you saidnothing!” She plunked her hands on her hips. “What did I tell you Saturday night before we slept together? That I wanted to hook up with someone I wouldn’t have to see every day. That was my only rule when it came to this random sex business. According to Dr. Coleman, I’m going to have to see your lying ass every day for the next month!”
Technically, he didn’t plan to be at the hospital every single day, but he was pretty sure that wouldn’t make a difference to her right now.
There was a knock at the door.
