Women had to be throwing themselves at him. Most men would seize the opportunity.
She wouldn’t judge him on that.
Or didn’t want to.
She was leaving in a few days anyway and wouldn’t see him again.
When she thought of that, her heart actually hurt.
“Not a lot of men your age or in college think that way.”
“I’m not like a lot of men,” he said. “What’s going through your brain? I can see a change in your eyes.”
“Nothing,” she said.
Saylor went to stand, but he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her back down, his arms coming around her and holding her in a hug close to his chest.
His lips went to her ear, whispering, “I think you’re lying to me. Or maybe yourself. What we feel isn’t trivial. Don’t think that.”
Her body relaxed against his, the truth escaping before she could stop it. “I’ll be gone from your life in a few days. I was just thinking that.”
“About that,” he said.
He turned and had her on her back, him leaning over her on the couch. “What about it?” she asked, her eyes roaming over his face. He was so handsome with the scruffy beard he was sporting. Her hand went up to touch it and she was right, silky like his hair.
“You said you’ve got two weeks left and then are moving again. You don’t know where yet, right?”
“Correct,” she said.
“Go to California. Give us a chance. There are hospitals in Long Beach. I know people.”
He was wiggling his eyebrows at her.
“I’m sure you know many people, but California is not part of the NLC. I’m not licensed to work there.”
He frowned. “How long does it take to get a license?”
Her head went back and forth. She didn’t want to admit that she actually looked on her phone last night before bed.
She might have been thinking of this herself and was shocked that she was considering it.
But itcouldwork. She was used to moving.
“I can apply for an endorsement. It takes a few weeks, if I’m lucky. I just pay the fee and they do backgrounds, fingerprinting. Things like that.”
“What’s stopping you from doing it? Other than you need to fly there to do that stuff, right?”
“I can do that online. But I’ve got to find a place to stay. With the agency I work for, I got a stipend for living costs.”
She’d be giving that up and the cost to live in California would be much more than other states, she was positive.
But she had money put away that would help in the short term.
“Live with me,” he said.
“What?” She couldn’t have heard him correctly.
“We get along great. Look at us here. I’ll be gone working a lot, you will too. I’m sure you won’t be a normal Monday through Friday day shift.”
