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I checked my wristwatch to guess how much time had passed. Then I buried my hand into my pocket and pulled out the ring box. I grinned to myself as I opened it. I could easily picture it on her finger.
"I'm done," Gabrielle announced.
I closed the box and returned it to my pocket before opening the door. She was wearing a hospital gown but had a sour look on her face. I couldn't care less why she looked so pissed. Not my concern…not my bullshit. I wanted to get started immediately, but it seemed like she had other ideas.
"Are you playing some kind of new fetish game?" she asked with a teasing smile as she approached me.
"Trust me Gabrielle, whatever idea you think you have now is completely bullshit," I assured her.
"Oh, I get it, it's a no means yes kind of thing." She seemed intent on continuing whatever plot was playing in her head.
She hugged me and made to kiss me, but I covered her mouth and pushed her away slowly enough to make sure she didn't fall over, or I'd risk hearing that I had assaulted someone in my office.
"Gabrielle, if you don't want to have this checkup, you can leave, I have other important things to attend to," I said to her as I walked over to my desk and picked up my stethoscope.
"What happened to you?" she asked, obviously frustrated by my actions. "Why are you treating me like I'm some kind of patient?"
I took a good look at her hospital gown and back at her face. "Trick question?"
"Just shut the fuck up!" she yelled.
"Woman, you don't get to speak to me that way," I warned in a threatening tone and she simmered down. "You can either sit down and get checked or get the fuck out of my office."
Her shoulders dropped and she bit her lower lip, then made her way to the bed.
"Good," I said and got to work.
After I was done, I saw that she was healthy as usual. As for the anger decorating her face, there was nothing I could do about that medically.
"What happened to you?" she asked as she adjusted her dress, after changing out of the hospital gown.
"In what sense?" I retorted.
"In everything," she replied. "It's that girl, isn't it? You found a new favorite. A temporary one."
"In a way yes, only she's not temporary," I answered. "You could say she's permanent."
"You fell in love," she said as the realization set in.
"I sure did." I couldn't help laughing.
"That's not possible. Ethan Sullivan doesn't…"
"Fall in love?" I raised a brow. "I thought so too, but well, I guess I found someone worth falling for. Best decision ever."
"Then what's going to happen to me?" she asked.
"What?"
"Don't give me that. I thought if you were ever going to settle down, it would be with me," she insisted. "We have the best chemistry in everything. Same taste in fashion, cars, and we're both celebrities. The sex was phenomenal."
Subpar compared to my woman, but I'll let this slide since she's upset.
"Point is, it should be me. Do you know how many men I've turned down because I was hoping that you'd finally settle down with me?" she asked.
"I didn't ask you to do that now did I?" I asked. "I made it clear that I wasn't going to settle down."
"You think I don't know how you'd suddenly get baby fever?" she asked. "It was only a matter of time until you gave in, and I was going to be the one to step in. Not some good-for-nothing middle-class doctor to come and…"
