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He sat down and cautiously moved closer. “So, you’re not mad?”
“About that? No. Although I don’t think I’ll be going out to eat with you again—who knows who else we might run into. You seem to have quite the list of conquests. Good thing casual starts Monday.”
He opened his mouth to defend himself when he heard, “Aiden!”
What the actual fuck?
How could he go out for months and not run into a single person he knew, yet today, they were coming out of the woodwork.
Fortunately, the voice this time was male, and he noticed Francisco Valencia, one of the orthopedic doctors from Boston General, walk toward them.
“Aiden! I thought that was you. Good to see you, man.”
Francisco glanced at Dakota, then did a double take.
“Dakota?”
“Pancho!” she exclaimed and scooted out of the booth to give him a big hug.
Francisco kissed her cheek as he returned the hug.
Of course, they’d run into an old lover of hers too, because, why wouldn’t they?
The karma gods were out in full force today—if he believed in such a thing.
Aiden gritted his teeth as he watched her keep her hand on his arm, all the while beaming up at him. “It’s so good to see you! How have you been?”
“I’ve been good. I keep meaning to call you, but I’ve been so busy.”
That’s exactly what Aiden had told Jenna a few months ago. But, unlike Jenna, Dakota didn’t seem fazed by it. And unlike Aiden, Francisco seemed genuinely remorseful.
“Do you still have my number?”
Aiden felt his spine stiffen.
“I do. I’ll call you soon, okay?”
“I’ll be waiting.”
Over my dead body.
The man looked at Aiden as if just then remembering he was even there.
“Are you two here together?”
Aiden offered a condescending smile. “We are.”
“Like, on a date?”
Instead of retorting what he was thinking, which was—No, fucker I meet patients in bars these days. What kind of dumbass question is that?he scoffed, “Yeah.”
Francsico’s jaw moved to the side while his tongue slid between his molars as he grunted, “Huh.”
Aiden narrowed his eyes. “You seem surprised.”
But not necessarily jealous, which Aiden found strange, given how tightly wound he was himself.
“I just never would have put the two of you together is all.”
