Tough as Nails: A BWWM Romance by Vixa Vaughn

Author:Vixa Vaughn [Vaughn, Vixa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: eBook Carousel
Published: 2023-09-04T22:00:00+00:00

18

JENNA

It’s a beautiful morning. The sun is out, I hear birds chirp when I leave the house, and I feel like shit.

I catch a glimpse of my reflection in the rearview mirror.

“You look terrible. Like you got slammed into a wall,” I say to myself.

Puffy eyes, a long face, sad resting bitch face.

I feel eight times worse than I look.

“That’s what you get. Everyone warned you about this. But no, you just had to hop on the first express bus to Luciusville,” I mutter.

It's unfair to self-criticize this much. Even if it’s the only thing that keeps me from whipping my phone out and sending a ‘baby come back’ text.

I swerve off the road and seek out an empty spot in the hospital’s parking lot. I’m on the morning shift for the first time in quite a while, and my internal clock is confused. I kill the engine and exit the car.

The nurses’ station is still empty. I sit down to get my bearings right. I tap on some eye cream, inhale deeply and tell myself that I can live without him.

“To hell with him,” I croak with little conviction.

I blink back the tears which prickle the corners of my eyes and get up to start my shift.

A little while later, I’m going around reading glucose levels. I enter a semi-private room with two patients in it. I give insulin to the first one without any incident. But when I turn to the second one, her whisky-colored eyes are like a punch in the gut.

They’re just like his but are missing the irresistibly sexy arrogance.

Get yourself together, damn it. This isn’t him.

I gulp hard and take her reading. My hands fumble and shake the entire time. I walk to the window when I’m done to fiddle with the blinds and let in some sunlight, then leave the room.

Alex finds me in the bathroom, splashing cold water on my face.

“You okay?” she asks when I look up at her.

I close the tap. My hands run over my face before I respond. “Yeah. What is it?”

“Were you giving insulin in room eleven?”

“I did that whole wing. Why?”

She folds her arms and tilts her head. “You left an opened vial on the window sill.”

I gasp. “Oh, God.”

“You look kind of low. You sure you’re fine?”

I nod and suck in a breath through my clenched teeth. “Does anyone else know?”

She flashes a small smile. “Just me. What’s going on, Jen? It’s unlike you to misplace anything.”

I’m too ashamed to tell the truth. But what if I mess up again during my shift? Clearly, my head isn’t in the right place. I fill her in briefly on the Lottie situation.

Sam bursts into the bathroom halfway through my sad monologue and listens intently.

They both insist I guard myself until the truth comes to light.

“It might all be a messed up coincidence. Stay open-minded but protect your heart and mind,” says Alex.

Sam raises both eyebrows in agreement. “I’m about to take my first break. I think you should take one too, Jen.

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