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Maria glares at him.
“Janice is in. I can get her if you need—”
“N-no, that won’t be necessary,” Nico stutters before rearranging himself beneath the sheet and climbing out of bed.
Maria winks at me as she comes closer.
“How are you feeling?”
Ignoring the elephant in the room who decides against leaving as requested and instead lowers his arse to the chair, I focus on my nurse.
“Better, actually. I… umm…” I hesitate, not wanting to confess this. “I feel like I slept better.”
I don’t need to look over to know he’s got a smirk pulling at his lips.
“That’s great. Are you ready to get up and washed?”
“Yes,” I sigh, more than a little desperate to clean all this sweat and grime off me.
“Need any help with that, Siren?” Nico asks.
“I think I’ve got it, thank you. But if you could, you know, fuck off, that would be great.”
Maria snorts a laugh, and much to my disappointment, she doesn’t immediately follow my lead and kick him out.
Great, he’s also got the staff under his control.
I swing my legs off the bed and press my feet to the floor. Thankfully, my body complies, allowing me to shuffle toward the bathroom, forgetting that I’m returning the favour of flashing my arse at Nico as I go.
“Damn, Siren. You really know how to torture a guy,” he groans behind me.
My fingers twitch to reach up, release the bow holding the gown together and let the whole thing drop to the floor to really punish him. But fear of the sight of my bandaged arm ruining the whole thing stops me. I fucking hate it. I’ve never been scared to make a stand, but this is what he’s reduced me to.
“What are the chances that I’ll find you gone when I emerge?”
“Slim, Siren. Really fucking slim.”
Thankfully, Maria closes the door behind us, stopping Nico from hearing the growl of frustration that rips from my lips.
“If you really want him gone, I can make it happen in a heartbeat. But something tells me that—”
“You’re on his side?” I hiss.
“What? No. I don’t know enough to even consider joining a side here. I just sense that the two of you need to talk.”
“Why did I need to get the hopelessly romantic nurse? I bet Janice wouldn’t have been so sympathetic.” Honestly, I don’t know which nurse Janice is, but I’ve heard her name mentioned a few times. There are few people the guys are wary of, but she’s one of them. I like her already.
“Oh, guaranteed. He’d already be out in the car park if she had anything to do with it.”
I allow her to untie my gown and gently pull it from my body. Then she wraps my dressing with something akin to cling film before gesturing for me to sit on a stool in the middle of the shower.
I want to argue and insist that I can stand, but something tells me I’m going to need all my energy to deal with Nico once this is over.
The warm water rushing over my skin feels incredible, and I lose myself in the sensation for the longest time. But eventually, Maria ruins it.
“Do you want to talk about it?”
“About what?” I ask innocently.
