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"I was just kidding," she said while laughing; she playfully pushed me away. "God, you're easy to tease."
She wasn't kidding.
I accepted the attempt to make me retreat. There was something strange going on with her. It looked like I wasn't the only one with the issue of absorbing the stress of handling both Ethan and Ian.
Maybe it was time I told her the truth.
Natasha
"Natasha? Natasha? My goodness, Natasha!" David called to my attention.
"Hmm? What?" I blinked twice. I realized that I was still in my office.
Well, it wasn't technically mine. I shared the same office with David Stuart, a very skilled nutritionist. Almost everyone in the hospital was geared toward taking care of the human body's physical appearance.
David was in his late thirties, quite the chatterbox when excited, and hyper focused when it came to nutrition - or anything related to his job. As one of the oldest staff here, he had information on almost everyone. He was kind and a good company when I was less busy. It seemed like he had been trying to get my attention without me responding properly.
"You okay?" he asked. "You've been out of it, lately."
"I'm sorry," I apologized. "My mind was occupied."
"Is it Dr. Sullivan?" he asked.
"What? How?"
"I mean you always go there to change," he replied. “Is there by any chance you know what treatments he uses? Cause there’s no way a skin that fine exists without any kind of nutritional or skincare help.”
“Nothing out of the ordinary,” I replied. “His bathroom has top brand shampoo and all that. Could see a lot of hair stuff.”
“You go to change because you want to use the products?” he asked.
“No not really,” I replied.
“Well, it’s none of my business then,” he insisted.
“You were calling for my attention?” I asked.
“Yeah, I just remembered that as you left yesterday, a patient of yours came to thank you and brought another potential patient,” he narrated. “You’re really doing a good job. I told them your working hours. So they’d be here soon.”
“Okay, thank you,” I said with a smile.
It was nice to know that patients were comfortable enough to even recommend me to others. But that wasn’t what was on my mind. I was still stuck on what happened this morning. I had left the door open on purpose. I expected that he’d take a look or something. I don’t know why I did it, but anytime I was around Ian, I found myself doing questionable things. As for when I was with Ethan, I found myself wanting to do the same things but mostly in tame ways.
Anytime I undressed, I could feel him watching. I was basking in his gaze. Like every morning, I wanted him to praise my outfit or how my scrubs looked like when I was done changing - by just looking at me.
“What do you think about Ian?” I asked.
“Hmm? The boss?” he asked. “He can be a little mysterious and keeps to himself, but I think that’s a bit of a charm. Almost makes you want to see him make a different expression.”
Yeah, that sounds about right.
It felt like that was my intention. To make him show a new kind of expression.
“Why do you ask?” he wondered.
“No reason,” I replied.
“You have a crush on him?” he asked.
