I think it has more to do with my inability to deal with other people’s bullshit. I don’t gossip at work. That’s something I’ll do in the comfort of my own home with my alphas.
It’s simply how I work.
I’m annoyed as I quickly change and grab my shit. Tossing the scrubs into the bin to be washed, I stride out of the locker room and almost collide with Adrain.
“I heard them,” he mutters.
“Who’s them,” I reply, stepping back to raise my eyebrow. “We really need to stop meeting this way, Doctor.”
“Ugh, Marie. The nurses here really don’t need your misplaced loyalty. Snitches don’t get stitches here.”
I can’t help but giggle as I shrug, and he walks me through the busy emergency room.
“Doctor!”
“Do you actually need me, or is this something you can handle yourself while I walk her out?” Adrain asks.
“It’ll keep a couple of minutes,” the nurse allows, glaring at me.
“If you’re not careful, people are going to start saying that we’re sleeping together,” I breathe once we’re away from the nurse.
“Your alphas would put me in the ground,” Adrain snorts. “My sex life with a female has been nonexistent, Marie. I really don’t care what people say. It doesn’t change my ability to be a good doctor. Do you care what they say here about you?”
“Not really,” I admit. “It doesn’t look like I’ll be here to listen to them gossip either.”
Lore is leaned forward in his chair, watching the door anxiously. He stands as if pulled by a string once we walk into the waiting room, and meets us halfway.
“I forgot,” he whispers, his voice full of anguish. “I didn’t realize the bond would snap so tightly if I walked out of the building. I’m so sorry. Are you okay?”
“Yes,” I reassure him, walking into his arms. I don’t really care what anyone else thinks at the moment. “I’m done for the day. I’m ready to drop face first into my bed.”
“We’ve decided she’ll only work when I actually need her,” Adrain says, gauging Lore’s reaction.
He merely nods, burying his nose in my neck.
“You smell like the hospital,” he grumbles. “I don’t like it. So no more late nights unless it’s us keeping you up?”
“Correct,” I smirk, my fingers sinking into his hair.
“Thank fuck. Those chairs aren’t comfortable. My ass is asleep.”
“Bye, Marie,” Adrain says, amused. “Make sure he doesn’t do anything too dumb.”
“He’s a mess,” I say happily, accepting a kiss when Lore pulls his neck gaiter down to kiss me.
“Well, he’s your mess now. I wash my hands of him,” Adrain murmurs, walking back into the ER.
“I’m just about healed. The good doctor can’t complain,” Lore grumbles. “Let’s go home, Princess.”
Glancing at the clock as we leave the hospital, I see that it’s almost midnight. Welp, I made it through almost half of my shift.
I’ll call that a success.
Chapter Twenty-One
Ransom
Ifeel like I’m the muscle tonight, though that’s silly. Wilder, Storm, and fuck me, even Marie, are more than capable of handling themselves.
