She nods solemnly.
“I’ll have a nurse walk you down,” I add, then step back as I open the door and flag down Maria. After she takes over with a warm smile and a sticker, I lean against the gurney and pull my phone from my pocket.
UNKNOWN NUMBER
I’ve been useless all day.
Pretty sure I’m obsessed with this girl I met
I can’t stop thinking about her
Or her pouty little lips
Both sets of them
I stare at the screen, a blush creeping up my neck and burning hot over my cheeks until my ears are on fire
Who is this?
The typing dots appear immediately.
Fuck… Am I that forgettable, or am I just another name on the roster?
I really need to up my game.
I snort, despite myself.
Actually, what IS your name?
Jagger
Is that how we’re playing this? Because there’s casual and then there’scasual.
I mean the whole thing.
Considering you spent the night inside me, I feel like it’s something I should know
I bite my lip after I hit send, pulse spiking. Professional, Blake. Very professional.
Bryce Alexander Theodore Jagger
I blink at the name.It looks more like the name of a diplomat than a man who crawls through the desert taking bullets for fun.
I see why you go by Jagger.
Hey, now. I’m named after a bunch of really honorable men
My father (Bryce) and my grandfathers (Alex and Theo).
My thumbs pad across the screen to apologize when a code call comes over the crackly intercom system. I close out my unsent text, shove the phone into my pocket, and race down the hall.
By early evening, I’ve treated a sinus infection, a suspicious mole, a gunshot wound, and an elderly man who insists his wife is trying to poison him.Based on my brief interaction with him, I wouldn’t blame her.
BUZZ.
I grin at my reflection in the mirror, fully expecting it to be another text from him. After drying my hands, I pull my phone from my pocket, and my smile broadens.
JAGGER
