Friend, Fling, Forever? by Janice Lynn

Author:Janice Lynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWO

“W HAT A NIGHT,” Kami mused at the end of her twelve-hour shift that had turned into over fourteen. She couldn’t wait to get home, shower, eat whatever she could find in the fridge, and crawl into bed to pass out until it was time to come back and do it all again for night two of her three in a row.

“You look tired.”

She glanced toward Gabe. “You don’t look like a bowl of cherries yourself.”

He laughed. “Not sure if that was meant to be an insult or not, but I’ll go on record saying I’m grateful I don’t look like a bowl of cherries.”

Kami shrugged. “Too bad. Cherries would be an improvement.”

“A cherry fan?”

“They’re my favorite,” she admitted with a quick sideways glance toward him.

“You one of those talented people who can knot the stem with your tongue?” he teased.

Kami had very few silly talents, but tying a cherry stem into a knot was in her repertoire. Rather than admit as much to Gabe, she shrugged again.

“I’ll never tell.”

“Because you prefer to show me?” he joked, not looking tired at all despite the fact he had to be exhausted.

It really had been a long night.

“Okay.” He gave a dramatic sigh. “I’m game. There’s a pancake house a few blocks from here where you can get whipped cream and cherries.”

She frowned. “You know this how?”

“A man has to know where he can get whipped cream and cherries twenty-four hours a day.”

Kami scrunched her nose. “Ew. Spare me the details because I don’t want to know.”

Looking intrigued, he chuckled. “Your mind went to the gutter, Kam. I’m surprised, but I think I like it.”

“Nothing to like about you grossing me out.”

His brow arched. “My liking whipped cream and cherries on top of my pancakes grosses you out?”

She ran her gaze over his broad chest, down his flat abs that his scrubs failed to disguise. “Yeah, I can tell you regularly chow down on pancakes with whipped cream and cherries.”

“You might be surprised.”

Not really. She’d seen him put away a lot of food during their shift breaks. The man could eat. Not that it showed. Whether because of good genetics or his time spent in the gym, Gabe truly was the picture of good health.

“Doubtful,” she tossed as she clocked out and grabbed her lunch bag. “Not much about you surprises me.”

His brow rose. “Oh? You know me that well?”

“As well as I want to.” She gave him a look that said she was well aware he had fallen into step beside her as she exited the emergency department. “Bye, Gabe.”

“You have to eat, Kam. Let me take you to breakfast before I hit the gym.”

Her brows knitted together. “You’re going to the gym this morning after working over and having to be back here this evening?”

His eyebrows lifted. “Why wouldn’t I?”

Kami stared at him as if he were the oddest anomaly. “Do you not need sleep?”

He grinned. “Not when I’m properly motivated.”

“You that excited at the prospect of running into Baxter again?” She glanced at her watch.

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