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My heart jumped. “Alexei.”
“Call me Boss.”
I was speechless for a moment, my mouth hanging open. “You mean I’m cleared to work?”
“Yeah.”
“Oh.” I closed my eyes, heaving a sigh of relief. “That’s great.”
“Congratulations.”
“Thanks. Um, now what?”
“Now you come by tonight and Monique will get you situated.”
“T-thanks.”
“Don’t thank me. You did this for yourself. You’re very talented. I feel confident that you’ll impress my audience.”
“No pressure,” I huffed nervously.
“Right, Nora. I’ll see you at eight?”
“Y-yes.”
He laughed. “Good. Maybe we can pick up where we left off.”
“Maybe. I think I might be busy working, though.”
“Don’t worry. I know your boss.” His voice dropped a little lower as he said that, and I had to fight an internal swoon.
“Oh, good for you.”
I needed to nip this flirtation in the bud, but I wasn’t sure how.
“Goodbye, Nora.”
“Bye.” I hung up fast, my heart racing.
I decided to forgo lunch with Jodie. She’d take one look at my face and make me spill everything. I wasn’t sure I was ready to do that. Especially since my knees were weak from just talking to him on the phone. That deep, honey baritone was like an eargasm, driving me a little crazy every time he spoke to me. And when he pitched his voice low and intimate like that… I hardly knew what to do with myself.
Instead, I went and changed into my uniform and went out to the ward. I had a Snickers bar in my locker and an energy drink. That would have to do for lunch. I didn’t think I could digest anything more substantial. My stomach was all twisted into knots. I was alternately terrified and turned on by the thought of seeing Alexei this evening. At the thought of getting on stage. Maybe he’d watch me perform. Maybe he’d touch himself while he was watching me perform—
I ran into a trolley and that brought me back to the present with a bang. “Sorry! Oh god, sorry,” I murmured to no one as I slipped past the trolley and went to see my first patient.
“Iris Martel?”
A petite, red-headed woman covered in freckles lifted her hand shyly.
“That’s me.”
I smiled. “Come with me.”
Iris had a boil that needed lancing, and a persistent headache she could not get rid of. I settled her in one of the examination rooms, ready for the doctor. I figured he’d need my help, so I waited for him to show up. I could see that it was Dr. Hutton on duty, which was exactly what I needed—a reminder why I should not mess with men.
He swept into the room, a huge grin on his face. “Hello, Iris. I hear you might need some help. Nurse Nora taking good care of you?”
Iris nodded shyly, though Dr. Hutton did not so much as look at me. With an inner sigh, I readied his surgical tray. We lanced the boil and then he nodded and left. “I leave you in good hands, Iris. Your script has been sent to the pharmacy.”
