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"See," I tease her "I knohat h and what pisses you off I don't quite know all the ways toout, and it's the friendship that just et pissed, I kno to get you out of it I know if you like it, I'll just give youyour friend"

I get another eye roll, but her gaze is filled with soft understanding and perhaps even agreeain

I bend down as I brush ainst hers "Feel the same?"

"I know exactly what you mean," she says quietly, but the words punch intothe same way I am

I pull out of her slowly, only to sink right back in to the hilt Josie huffs out a slight groan and squir me to push into her just a little deeper

Oh, fuck yes

This is going to be a

Chapter 10

Josie

I flip briefly through the chart of the forty-two-year-old wohtly elevated blood pressure, and a normal EKG and chest X ray

Pushing through the partially closed curtain, I offer the patient a reassuring s?"

Her face is flushed and pinched in pain "My chest still really hurts"

The nurse had already given her 03the chart down on the small roll table beside the bed, I placeto exaallbladder"

"My gallbladder?" she asks in surprise through clenched teeth She's clearly hurting

I nod with a sy the stethoscope froina, but since the nitro didn't alleviate your pain, I'd like to rule out gallstones They can cause some referred chest pain"

Mrs Adarimaces "I don't care what you do to me, just make this pain stop"

"We'll get to the botto I should never do Promise to fix a problem I'm not sure what the root cause is, but stillshe needs sorounded

I perform a quick examination and order the ultrasound I then check on my patient with the copperhead bite in exaht It's been a good day in the e and plentiful and there's no tis

Like Reed

Sexy, funny, sweet, and did I say sexy Reed?

My friend

Now my lover

God, this is confusing and I'ly thoughts since I left his town hoet an even quicker shower I wondered when I walked into work thissex with a hot-as-hell professional hockey player ent from friend to sex partner in a nanosecond I wondered if I looked as unsure of myself as I felt

Luckily I ju tied so drastically

Until nohen I actually have fifteen et a very late lunch I walk quickly to the cafeteria and grab a tuna sandwich and a bottle of water After I snag an empty booth, I nibble on my sandhile I check my texts

Not surprisingly, there's one froht at the top I see Sutton Crossman sent me one below his, and I choose to read that first I'e froret e did last night"

And this

Ugh

I open Sutton's text and try to concentrate on her words Since I handled the early part of her labor, I guess you could say a sort of bond was forh we haven't seen each other since that day She's been busy being a new mom, and I'm just plain busy, and when I'hbor

I have a gift for you, her text says Wondering e can get together I can come over your way

My lips curve up Sutton and I have talked by phone a few ti out just withinto an actual friendship as she chattered away at irl, which they already knew, and they had named her Rose