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“I hope you feel like an asshole. We’re complete assholes.”
“I don’t. At least now she knows.” Reagan bites her lip. “Maybe a little bit of an asshole.”
A few minutes later, Skylar comes out. She goes straight for the trunk and grabs a blanket. I look at her. “What are you doing?”
“I’m going to stay. I’m going to give Jason areallygood memory of this barn, and then I’ll help him with whatever he does here. You guys can leave. I will ride back with him.”
I rub her arm. “We’re sorry.”
She waves her hand. “It’s fine. At least I know now. The uncertainty was brutal.”
Reagan mouths to me, “I told you.”
We hug her and head back.
CHAPTERTEN
THE PRESENT
HARLEY
There was a major pile-up accident on the highway, so they asked us four residents to assist in the ER for a few hours. They need the extra hands, and we’re more than happy to help. We’re missing a few major surgeries, but this is where we’re most needed.
It’s been an absolute madhouse. We’ve seen severed limbs, head injuries, all kinds of broken bones, and several cases of internal damage. It’s been a few hours, and it’s finally starting to calm down.
I’m with a teenager, Monica, who hit her head hard. She’s being monitored for a severe concussion. We don’t see any other brain damage. I’m leaning over checking her vitals when she sits up and pukes all over me. Puking is completely normal for concussed patients, but I’m drenched in it. It’s on my clothes, my body, and my hair.
One of the ER doctors tells me to go to an on-call room to shower and change. I don’t want to leave Monica alone though. She’s freaking out, and she’s all alone.
I turn to the ER doctor. “Will you please stay with Monica until her parents arrive? She’s just a kid and she’s afraid to be left alone.”
“No problem, Dr. Lawrence. I’ll keep her company.” She smiles at me.
“Thank you.” I head to an on-call room to jump in the shower.
* * *
BRODY
I stretch my arms. I’m stiff and sweaty after a long nine-hour surgery. “Melinda, when am I needed again?”
My assistant looks through my calendar. “You have a consult in about ninety minutes. You should go get some rest.”
“I intend to. I’m going to rinse off in one of the on-call rooms and grab a quick nap. Call me five minutes before I’m needed for the consult.”
She nods. “Will do, Dr.Cooper.”
I head to one of the on-call rooms, as they all have both a private shower and a bed. I find one that appears to be empty. I go in and lock the door behind me.
I take off all my clothes and head toward the shower stall. I open the bathroom door.
A plume of steam comes through the door. The moment it clears, I see a body. It’s not just any body. It’s the body that I’ve been dreaming about for over three years. It’s Harley, freshly showered, in nothing but a small towel wrapped around that achingly perfect body.
She looks at me with those big, gorgeous green eyes. Everything around me disappears. I’m naked, but I don’t care. I can’t take my eyes off her. She’s fresh-faced, and genuinely the most stunningly beautiful woman in the world.
I see droplets of water drip down from her neck, disappearing into her generous cleavage underneath her towel. More droplets trickle down her long, toned legs. I ache to lick those droplets from her body.
I blink to make sure I’m not dreaming. I’m not. She’s standing there, and she’s the most magnificent thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
