Safe With You : An Age-Gap, Workplace Romance (Grace General Series Book 2) by Laura Beth

Author:Laura Beth [Beth, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Ryan

It’s been one week.

One week, and I’m dying.

One week since showing up at Lainey’s apartment unannounced to talk with her, to make sure she was alright after a potentially life-altering shift, only to find out what it’s like to touch her. To really touch her. If I thought I was crazy about her before, then now I’ve gone insane.

I would have never thought that underneath the quiet exterior is a woman who gets off on the thoughts that pour out of my mouth. Yet, it shouldn’t surprise me. She comes off as shy, and timid. And she is at times. She dedicates herself to her job, to her education, and to helping others. She has loud friends and lets herself sink into the shadows. I’ve watched her bite her tongue one too many times when someone steps out of line, never raising her voice to set them straight.

Seeing her give in to what she wants, to see her confidence shine through was a new side of her. One that I want to see every damn day. Waking up next to her, the sun creeping in through the windows as we slept on her couch, all her soft skin on mine only solidified the fact that I could never walk away from her.

After that morning, she had already planned a few days off to go see her family, and with our sporadic schedules, we hadn’t worked together until today. With my fucking luck, we don’t have any patients assigned together, so I have to work extra hard to find reasons to talk with her.

My palms itch, my toes tapping on the floor, hands restless with the urge to touch her bare skin again. To feel the strands of her silky, chestnut hair running through my fingers, to bury my face in her neck to smell her signature warm honey and herbal scent.

“Dr. Ryan?” Jenna’s voice prompts, breaking me out of my daydream.

“Sorry, what were you saying?”

Jenna’s face is flat as she studies mine. “I said that after we gave the bowel prep, we found six feet of tapeworm in the toilet.”

My eyes snap to her face, unsure if she’s serious or fucking with me since I can’t remember which patient we were talking about.

“Wait, what?” I pull out my assignment sheet to quickly scan, deciphering who I ordered a bowel prep for.

“Yeah, it was crazy. The worm came out with a sombrero and maracas and did this cute little dance. I think I’ll take him home for a pet. He would be an overnight internet sensation.” Her arms fly in the air over her head, fists closed as if she was rattling imaginary maracas.

It isn’t until halfway through her ridiculous ramble that my shoulders sag. “Christ, Jenna, crazier things have happened in the medical world, you shouldn’t joke about shit like that.”

She reaches an arm up to adjust my stance, forcing me to look at her. “Crazier than someone birthing a tapeworm that can play the maracas and dance?” The look on her face is so serious, that I break.

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