Destroying Angel by Cara Malone

Author:Cara Malone [Malone, Cara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B0BV11Z7YV
Publisher: Lisbon Press
Published: 2023-03-10T07:00:00+00:00

19

EMERY

“What is going on with that look?”

“Hmm?” Emery looked up from the microscope where she was finally getting back around to the research project that had taken a backseat to all her new duties. Monica was staring at her. “What look?”

“You look like you’re having the best damn day of your life, but as far as I can see, this is just an ordinary day and those are just ordinary spores you’re looking at.”

“They’re Armillaria ostoyae,” Emery explained. “I finally had a few days in a row without any community outreach on my schedule, so I’m excited to get back to my research. That’s all.”

“Bullshit.”

Damn it. Why did best friends have to come with x-ray vision? Emery could get nothing past Monica, even on days when she was distracted with morning sickness.

“It’s not bullshit, I am happy I have time for my research,” she tried to insist.

“I know you are,” Monica said, “but I know your ‘happy nerd’ face, and this isn’t it. I can see that there’s more to it. Besides, weren’t you in here at like, four a.m. running tests for the hospital?”

“Three.”

“Ugh. You should be falling asleep at your desk, not grinning like a fool.”

Emery attempted to shrug off her friend’s questions again, but Monica just kept staring at her, waiting for an answer. And suddenly, it erupted from her like a baking soda and vinegar volcano experiment.

“Okay, okay, you know that detective I’ve been consulting for?”

“I knew it!”

“You knew what?”

“I knew it had to do with her,” Monica said, self-satisfaction practically vibrating off her. “So, what about her? Did you hook up?” A split second later, she gasped, reading the truth on Emery’s face. “You did!”

“She was at the hospital last night when I showed up,” Emery explained. “She came back to the lab with me while I ran the tests.”

Scandal broke across Monica’s face and she was practically screaming now. “You hooked up with her here?”

“Shh!” Emery considered lying, but there was no way Monica would buy it. “In my office. It was amazing, and I can’t stop thinking about her.”

“No shit, she’s written all over your face. I am so jealous.”

Emery raised an eyebrow. “You haven’t even met her, and I didn’t think you were into women.”

“No, that you hooked up in the office! Bucket list item, for sure,” Monica said.

“Since when?”

“Since my pregnancy hormones have started making me want to fuck twenty-four, seven,” she said. “Plus I’m constantly overheating, and I bet this stainless steel would feel nice on my back.”

Emery lifted her hands off the counter. “Promise me you’ve never been naked in the lab.”

Monica laughed. “Don’t worry, Dean is not adventurous enough to indulge me… not that I haven’t tried.”

“Good for Dean,” Emery said, praising Monica’s husband.

Monica gave her a cross look. “Hypocrite. Why do you get to do it and I don’t?”

“Well, for one thing, it was not premeditated,” Emery said. “And for another, at least we kept our bodily fluids confined to my office. I would never have sex in a lab.

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