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The disgusted glare she gives me tells me there was no chance she missed that Is it weird that I think she’s even hotter when she’s pissed?

“Wow,” she scoffs “Even better So not only are you askingto the point that we are in a hospital, not a nightclub If that weren’t enough, you are my patient”

“I won’t be your patient after I get out of here”

“Well, you’re persistent, I’ll give you that,” she mutters

“C’mon, Rainey Look, I know the e met isn’t exactlyconventional But I’d like to think it was fate Maybe the big guy putsituation so I could find you You never knoe could be soulmates”

“I’uy like you doesn’t believe in the concept of soulues

Okay, this obviously isn’t going well but I decide to go for broke anyway There’s just so about her that makes me want to know her better And not just in the naked sense

“Look, I know you’re attracted to me I saw the interest in your expression clear as day when you first walked into the room”

“Noait a min—”

I hold my hand up “Let me finish You’re attracted toif there’s anything beyond that?”

She chews on her lip “Are you done?”

“I guess”

“I’m flattered, Brody, and at the saht after having sex with someone else Two someone elses But that’s beside the point I don’t date patients Ever I’m sorry”

“There’s no chance I’ to convince you to bend that rule, is there?”

She shakes her head “Not even a little”