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I flip the light switch on and I’m immediately greeted by the sight of my living room; a small, confined space full of utter chaos. There are books and old newspapers scattered everywhere, littered all over the floor and the counter and the sofa, and there’s an ever-growing pile of plastic bottles in the kitchen corner that I should have taken out to recycling over a month ago. It’s messy as hell, to say the least, and a perfect reflection of my current state of mind. I just stand in… अधिक पढ़ें

When I finally meet her eyes again, she has this knowing smirk on her face. “What? You didn’t really think I’d be able to get by just working at the ‘Great Ole’ Mushroom’, did you?” she raises her hands and gestures to the space around her to emphasize her sarcasm. “The only reason I’m still even here is ’cause I need an alibi to keep my boyfriend from being nosy, and Larry is pretty good at covering for me. I’ll be over and done with this crapper soon enough.” I’m… अधिक पढ़ें

My heart is still racing as I head to my car. I’m shaky all over, my hand visibly trembling as I reach for my door, and I know it’s not because of the cold, despite the fact that the temperatures have dropped to below freezing right now. I can’t get the look of his eyes out of my mind. They literally scare me…but they also make me feel something else; something I know I shouldn’t be feeling. Something I don’t think I’ve ever felt before. The way he looked at… अधिक पढ़ें

My body moves before I can stop it, and a mix of shock and fear and something else I’m not really sure I want to admit that I’m feeling force my hands to push myself off his shoulders, hauling me backward in a slight stumble. My abrupt reaction quickly puts some distance between us, but his other hand refuses to budge from its current resting place—my now very rigid waist. His grip on it actually seems firmer, if anything. I’m breathing hard, and the air enters and leaves my suddenly… अधिक पढ़ें

I feel a slight ringing in my ears at the sound of his insanely deep voice. I’m not sure if it’s just me or the general funkiness I feel from being in a surgery center, but his statement sounds an awful lot like a demand. And the way he just said my name? Holy shit. Before I even get a chance to speak, he says, “Or would you prefer to go by ‘Miss Gallo’ or something else?” My toes curl on impulse at the sound of him calling me in… अधिक पढ़ें

He reaches for a frameless pair of glasses and puts them on with a single hand while grabbing my folder with the other. The action is so effortless and yet so meticulous at the same time. I find myself staring at his hands for a moment, noticing their incredible structure and size. His fingers have a certain elegance about them, like they can wield magic or something. Well, he is a surgeon, so I guess that’s technically true on some level. “Ramona Gallo,” he says as he looks at the… अधिक पढ़ें

I feel my eyes growing wide and my neck tilting as far back as it can go without snapping off, all in an effort to keep up with the sheer size of the imposing figure standing before me. “Dexter Frost?” I finally manage to ask, my voice incredibly hoarse. “The oncologist?” “Yes,” he admits with a nod. “I’m temporarily standing in as the assistant chief surgeon here at Greenwood.” “I see,” I say. I suppose he does look way too young to be a chief surgeon, anyway. Still, I can’t… अधिक पढ़ें

I head back to my seat feeling incredibly somber. Just as soon as I sit down, a deep, commanding voice comes through that makes me jump in my chair. “Ramona?” I turn to the side to find the owner of such a demanding voice, and I’m stunned to stillness as I see a man covered in a crisp white lab coat walking toward me. I feel my eyes widen as I take in the sight of him. He’s incredibly good-looking, possibly the most handsome man I’ve ever seen in real… अधिक पढ़ें

My feet tap uncontrollably as I find myself sitting in a waiting room at the surgery center—a gloomy health facility, yet again. I find myself fidgeting relentlessly, trying not to heave as I do my best to accurately fill out a patient form that’s too many pages long. The fact that I’m in a place like this for the second time today only frazzles my nerves even more, making the simple task of even holding a pen ten times harder. It had taken me thirty minutes to get here from… अधिक पढ़ें

A minute later, Trixie comes back with this huge, giddy smile on her face. “Oh my God, you little slut! I totally saw that,” she says to me as she sits down. I raise my eyebrow. “What?” “As if you don’t know,” she waves her hand in a dismissive fashion. “You and Jamie Wrighton ogling each other in the middle of the cafeteria, that’s what.” “I was not. He was just apologizing for bumping into me,” I say nonchalantly. Trixie can be extremely dramatic when it comes to two things… अधिक पढ़ें