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But he never ordered ht that rin curl

“See, that’s what I’ ht now, Mags, I really do But I don’t want you getting in over your head”

“Believe ” I whip back around to lock eyes with hiain This time when I reach up to touch his arm, I don’t stop there I let my hand trail all the way up his bicep, until it curls around the back of his neck He’s a good half a head taller thanBesides, the nurses are gone now, out of sight His objections hopefully ith the, Russ To feel like I can make one decision for myself” I study his eyes Dark, brown like his hair But there are flecks in thehter patches that I never noticed before

He studies e by the heat in those intense eyes, he’s close to giving in “I can’t say I’ve never thought about it” His gaze drops, slowly Over my lips, my chest, my curves I suppress a shiver that threatens to break out, at the way his eyes linger Like he’ssexy as hell wos But I think you know that by now”

I sht have mentioned it”

“Boys, I’d bet” He raises an eyebrow “You can’t have had a real man appreciate you”

The words curl in my belly “No,” I breathe “Never anyone like you” I trail ers back down his arm, and this time, he finally, finally responds in kind His hands trace slowly along my ar the edges of rip my hips

Without warning, he pulls ainst the hard steel of his ainst hier ant I wore thin panties beneathwet at this rate, if they aren’t already Still, Russ’s hands keep ain, back down

“Maggie… I’ve thought about this ht, after long shifts when I had to watch you strutting around on the far side of the hospital, too far away to ever touch…”

My breath catches in my throat He fantasized about ht, ht about you All the time After those fauest rooain, savor the heat and the intensity there “I’ve wanted you for so long I used to touchabout you”

He lets out a low, guttural sound, alie, you can’t tell ht here and now”

I raise a single eyebrow,you?”

He lets out a sharp, slow breath Then he, too, starts to smile, slowly “Don’t you have rounds?”

I tilt irl expression, and bat my eyelashes a few times “Alas, my father took those away from me He said I should concentrate on the hospital’s few, elite guests instead… Since ea little time off”

“Or rather, you’d enjoywhere you are,” Russ points out, with a sain, my body “Not half as furious as he’d be if he learns what you were doing instead”

“I won’t tell him,” I whisper, because I’ “It’ll be our little secret, I swear I don’t want to get you into trouble, or fired or anything—”

To ie If your father wants to fire me, he’s welco hospitals co in every year, which I always turn down froaze going serious for just a moment “It’s you I’d be worried about”

“Don’t be I can take care of rin Let my hands trace down his chest, to the abs I can feel even through the fabric of his scrub shirt “Though, I’d prefer to let you take care of ht now”