The clinic was insanely busy the next day. It seemed like everyone and their mother had some sort of medical complaint. I worked through lunch. I worked until my eyes were blurry and my stomach groaned with hunger. I snarfed a banana and some beef jerky between two patients just so that I wouldn't pass out from running around the office.“Hannah? You have Emily in room four,” Donna reminded me as I chugged a cold cup of coffee that I'd forgotten this morning. “She knows we're behind, but it's been thirty minutes. Remember to check on her.”“I'll be right in,” I promised. “What other patients do we have?”Donna glanced down at her list. “Dr. Mathews is just finishing up with one and then we're actually caught up. No one's on the list.”I stared at her for a moment. “Seriously?”She nodded. “Everyone wanted to be seen as soon as possible. The rush is over.”“Thank god,” I told her, finishing my coffee. “That morning was brutal. I'm going to need the open afternoon just to get half the c
Everything moved slowly in my town. People moved at their own pace here. The bakery said it would be at least an hour before they could have dinner delivered to the office. It wasn't that big of a deal. I was willing to wait for a free meal, and it was still better than a can of soup back at my place. I wasn't ready to go home yet.There was a soft and comfy couch against the wall in the break room, but I found myself still too pumped up to sit. It was like my body couldn't relax with all the adrenaline that filled it. I paced around for a bit and only stopped when Dr. Matthews stepped into the room.He'd changed into a casual, lime green polo shirt and gray slacks. His hair was still damp from his shower. He wasn't wearing an undershirt and it was once again apparent how good of shape he was in. The outline of his muscular chest was obvious.“I needed that,” he said, closing the door behind him.“Me too,” I said. “I wanted to tell you that you did great today. Thanks for being awesom
My father was fine.He and my mother were simply engaged in a discussion on who the actress was on the new TV show they were watching and if she had been on another TV show they also watched.My father insisted that I would know exactly who they were talking about and that I would prove him right the moment I heard who they were talking about. So, they called me. Repeatedly.Asking G****e or the internet apparently never occurred to them.After successfully identifying the actress and figuring out that yes, she was on that other show, I went home. I knew Jacob wouldn't stay at the clinic all night waiting for me to come back to discuss our feelings. That didn't stop me from doing a drive-by on my past, though.The lights were all off and I felt like an idiot as I sped up and headed the rest of the way back to my house. I justified the drive-by in that it was only four blocks out of my way. Maybe traffic was backed up by a tractor and I'd actually saved time.I could pretend that was r
“Good morning, Abigail,” he said before realizing I was there. He stopped and stared at me. “Hannah.”He looked so handsome. He had shaved and his dark hair was smoothed back rather than his usual messy. He wore dark blue scrubs that brought out the color of his eyes. The way he looked at me made my stomach do flip flops. I remembered his taste and the way his skin felt pressed against mine.“Dr. Mathews,” I stammered, very aware that Abigail was watching our every move. The last thing I wanted was for her to think there was anything going on. “I was just leaving. All Abigail's vitals look good.”“Good.” His eyes met mine and my stomach did the flip-flop thing again.“Excuse me.” I darted out of the exam room as fast as I could. I didn't mean to, but I brushed up against him in the process and the touch sent shivers of want straight through me again. I needed to get a hold of myself.I closed the door behind me, hearing Dr. Mathews start talking to Abigail through the wooden door.“D
“He's a good doctor,” Dr. Taggert observed as Jacob left the room. “I'm glad I picked him to take over the practice. He's doing better than I could have hoped.”I nodded and reached for a piece of pizza. My stomach rumbled as the scent of cheese hit me.“Did you have other people that wanted the practice?” I asked, taking a big bite.“Two actually,” Dr. Taggert replied. “They were both from out of town, so someone native to Riversville was my preference. I wasn't sure given Jacob's history, but he's proven himself.”I nodded and swallowed. “He's a different person than he was as a teenager. He's grown up a lot.”“That he has. I almost regret giving him the morality clause in his contract.” Dr. Taggert paused and then picked up another slice of pizza. “He's proving that he didn't even need it with how well he's been running the clinic.”“Morality clause?” I swallowed down a big bite of pizza.Dr. Taggert shrugged. “I thought it prudent given his bad-boy ways. Without going into detail
I left work that day with a conflicted heart. Dr. Mathews and I worked well the rest of the day. We'd joked with patients and were even alone in the break room for a whole five minutes without taking our clothes off.We could do this, I told myself. It would get easier with time. Maybe by next week I wouldn't want to jump his bones every time I saw him. Maybe by next month, I would forget just how good he felt inside of me. How I had felt complete.Maybe.But probably not.I sighed as I put my car away and headed into the house. A summer storm chased the setting sun across the corn fields. Big, heavy, gray clouds filled the darkening sky and thunder rumbled as I went inside. The smell of rain on growing things and the cool breeze of a storm filled my home.The humidity still flowed around me like water, but the storm would at least lower the temperature to something almost comfortable. I thought a quick shower and then I would sit by my window and watch the rain come in.I ran upstair
“Thank you, Hannah,” Dr. Mathews said, handing me a patient chart as I passed his office.“Of course, Dr. Mathews,” I replied sweetly. I smiled at him, but it was a professional smile. One I would give any coworker.We'd managed to go the entire rest of the week without having sex in the office.But that was only because we were having lots of sex in other places. My bed. His bed. My kitchen. His living room.So far, no one suspected a thing. Not even Donna. We were the models of professionalism and good behavior at work. Other than a couple of winks here and there. It took a lot for me not to smack his perfect ass when he walked past, but I was capable of controlling myselfEspecially because I knew that it meant I got to have him all to myself later.“What are you up to tonight?” he asked, swiveling in his chair.“Just a quiet night in,” I told him. “My place. All alone.”Which meant that I wanted him to come to my place.He grinned. “Sounds like a nice relaxing night. I was thinki
It took me ten minutes to find Tom's truck. Luckily, security didn't bother me since it was still mostly daylight out and I was obviously looking for a car. I imagined that this happened fairly frequently.I thought of seeing Jacob and my body went hot and fuzzy at the thought. I took off my scrub top to show off the low cut tank top I wore underneath. I had made sure to wear my sexy bra today. With the way Jacob and I were going, it was a good idea to wear a sexy bra everyday.Tom's work truck chugged down the highway as I made my way back home. Twilight crept along the road behind me, finally overtaking me with darkness a few miles from town. I sung along to the radio as I turned down the street leading to Jacob's house. I was going to have to tell Jacob that he needed more light on his street. It seemed like none of the streetlights were bright enough.That's when I saw the police cruiser flip a u-turn and put on its lights behind me.I mumbled a curse and pulled to the side of the