Page 28 of Slow Burn

“No!” Sophie yelped. “I have seen things I cannot unsee on those apps. You need to decide whether you want to lose your virginity to Elijah or if we should start going out more for you to meet someone?”

Anna patted Georgia’s hand. “What’s your gut telling you?”

“Or your vagina?” Sophie wiggled her eyebrows, which made all three of them laugh.

“You should let us set you up with someone.” Anna tossed out the idea.

“A blind date makes me want to vomit,” Georgia told them, nixing Anna’s plan.

“No offense, but agreed.” Sophie tapped her foot under the table. “What if we go to a ladies’ night at Lighthouse? You could meet someone there.”

Georgia bit her lip.

It made sense, but she was sure every man would fail compared to Elijah. His mouth pulled out the most passionate orgasm of her life. She had dreamed of him every night despite not wanting to.

“Okay, I’m going to ask the question we’ve been avoiding.” Anna grabbed the drink out of Georgia’s hand. “Be honest. Do you want to meet someone else, or do you want Elijah?”

Georgia groaned, dropping her head into her hands. “I hate it, but there is this magnetic pull to him. I don’t want to be so infatuated, but he’s all I think about.”

“I get it,” Sophie admitted, surprising all of them as she stared out of the window.

Anna pointed at her. “We’re definitely circling back to this. But right now, we are solving Georgia’s problem. Obviously, Elijah likes her since they have already hooked up. He just needs a little motivation.”

“I don’t want a man who needs motivation to be with me.” Georgia uncharacterlessly snapped. “I’m just going to wait for it to happen.”

“Like that’s done you any good.” Sophie refuted the idea. “You’re not becoming a hermit crab, staying inside to mope.”

“Who said I was moping?”

“You did when you kept throwing our ideas out the window!” Sophie called her out.

Anna smacked her hands on the table a few times as if she was a judge at court. “I have an idea, and I need you both to be on board.”

Then her friend mischievously shared a plan.

Georgia was sure of one thing: she was way in over her head.

ELIJAH WAVED TO Anna and Sophie as they were leaving the medical pavilion. Most likely, they were visiting Georgia. This was what he wanted, to see her again, but for some reason, he was nervous. He was shaken by her virgin news. After he told her no, was she actively looking for someone else to do it?

If she waited this long, she should be with a man who could give her more than Elijah was willing to give.

The thought of another guy touching her made his skin crawl.

“Hi there!” Marquis, a nurse at the front desk, greeted him. “How can I help you today?”

Elijah glanced around but didn’t see Georgia. It was probably better off that way.

“Would you be able to get me the updated floor plans post-building renovations?”

“Marquis.” Georgia walked into the waiting room like a shining light. “I have a patient in room 5 who needs a tetanus shot. Would you mind handling that?”

Wow, she completely avoided making eye contact.

The nurse stood. “Absolutely. We have a firefighter visiting, and he needs our new floor plans. Would you get them for me? They are either in Dr. Collins’s or your office.”

“Per my brother’s request, I have it.”

“Great, I’ll handle the patient,” Marquis told her before walking away.