“Let’s take a shower,” I said. I could feel her legs moving between mine. “Why?” I smiled, because I had a feeling that she was worried about smelling in between the sheets. That wasn’t the reason for my asking.“We had quite a heavy session last night. I just want to be clean.”“It’s morning already?”I laughed, “It’s afternoon,” as I showed her my watch.“But I need to go. I can’t stay here another night.”I kissed her delicately on the cheek and said, “Yes, you can.”“The next thing you know, there’ll be reporters downstairs and then it’ll get out. They’ll be a scandal, then I’ll lose my job and…”“Calm down. Reporters don’t follow me everywhere I go. Besides, I thought we could freshen up and get something to eat. There’s nothing wrong with that.” She sighed, thinking about it for a split-second. “Besides, I wasn’t sure whose stomach was making all the noise? If it was yours or mine?” She laughed as she rubbed her stomach, making it clear that she was hungry. But seeing her na
We were exhausted after having so many sex sessions in one night. I lay in his arms and didn’t want to move; I felt as if it was exactly where I wanted to be at this precise moment in time. “I don’t want to get up,” I sighed as I stretched out my arms and pulled him in tighter. “Let me call room service, and Sophia too.”“Why Sophia?”I lifted up my head and saw a big smile across his face. “Emma, I have you now; I’m not letting you go. We’ll head home together.”“Oh!”I put my head against his chest as he stretched over and picked up the phone. His words took me aback, it was as if he was claiming me and I’d given him permission to do so. How did one night change everything that we’d held onto for so long?His attraction to me was there from when he had been a kid, but now he was a man that just happened to be my best friend’s brother, and I was supposed to be his doctor. Everything felt so wrong, but at the same time it all felt so right. “Sophia, Emma’s coming back with me.”T
I was on the plane with the guys. Usually, we would be laughing and cheering about our weekend in Vegas. But this time we all had something different on our minds. I had Emma sitting two seats behind me with Sophia, who the previous day had come up to our room and said that she’d managed to change the flights so that we could all go back together. This wasn’t exactly what I had in mind. I wanted to spend time with Emma. Not them. Mason was next to me and he was quiet as a mouse. My best friend was screwing my sister and it should have bothered me. There was a code, and a line had been crossed, but now just didn’t feel like the time to discuss it. I had gone from wanting to be on my own to being with Emma and finally realizing how lonely I’d been all the time. Sure, I had people round me. I sometimes called my mom every hour to make sure she was okay until eventually she turned her phone off. I felt lost. One minute I had been with Emma surrendering myself to her and the next we wer
We stood like little kids not knowing what to do as we waited for our bags. We’d left the plane like robots. Once in a while we would look at each other and smile. I didn’t know what to say to him. “Hey Sebastian, it was great but we’re back home now, so no more bumping and grinding. Okay?” Kent and Paul made all the noise. They were like little kids that had taken too much candy. They got excited about every little thing. Whereas Sophia was quiet. She’d spent most of her time sleeping on the flight. Then as we landed and needed to get off the plane, she used me as a balance so that she wouldn’t break her neck as she tried to walk in her three-inch heels. She was apparently even more tired than I was. We should have had a little girly chat, but I assumed that she wasn’t in the mood for it. I knew that I wasn’t because I’d started to feel anxious about everything, including Sebastian. I would glance at him, but he would avoid my stare.Finally we collected our bags and it was time t
“Hey.” I smiled at him as I entered the room. I had every x-ray and blood test booked for him today. We hadn’t spoken since we’d landed in JFK and left the airport like strangers. I’d sent him a text telling him about today and he replied back saying, he would be here. And he came. Just like he had said he would. I should have been happy, glad that he kept his promise. But I felt completely lost, because I didn’t know how to behave now and by his shyness, avoiding eye contact as I walked through the door, I had a feeling that he felt the same. “I thought that you would be here when I got here,” he whispered as I drew closer to him as he lay on the examination bed. “I just came in to make sure that everything’s set up for you. I just organized the tests, and besides, Wendy’s capable of doing them herself. I don’t need to be here.” I was rambling and looking down at the floor. Pathetic!“Besides Wendy explained everything, right?”He corrected me. “You mean Sheryl.”I nodded. I w
“Hey little bro, how you feeling?” Sophia smiled as she walked into the room. That was the thing about my big sis; she always had a smile on her face. No matter how I was feeling, she had a way of making me feel better. “So-so.” I tried to wave my hand, but between the blood tests, radiography and everything else that Emma had organized for them to do today, I was exhausted. “That good, huh?”I nodded. “Where’s Emma? I’ve been looking for her everywhere.”“Dunno.”“Oh,” she said sadly. “So, did you guys talk?” I shook my head. “Well, I think that you guys should talk.”She was the fixer, the one that tried to solve everyone’s problems. I used to wonder as a kid if she had some magic wand that hid how she was really feeling inside. She must have felt sad occasionally. No one could be happy all the time. Or maybe I took all the miserable genes and she had only the happy genes. Sheryl stepped in and my heart skipped a beat. Part of me had hoped that it was Emma coming in to say so
I couldn’t believe it. Dad had just phoned to say that all his problems were over and thanked me a thousand times. Thanked me for what? That was what was on my mind. I was exhausted, having been through every one of Sebastian’s injuries and procedures over the years. I didn’t want to miss anything. I wanted to make sure that the conclusion was right, and that he could play next season. Sure, I had gone a bit overboard and the consequences had I found something had run through my mind. There was nothing worse than finding out that another doctor had done a procedure incorrectly and being forced to flag it. It would have hurt not only their reputation, but mine too. I could be seen as an underdog and the sports-medicine business was already so damn political. I did find a couple of red herrings, but after digging deeper. I found nothing to be wrong with his treatment and his after-treatment, which was just as important. He had gone to the right number of physiotherapist sessions and
“Hey,” he must have said about twice. I had the reports in my hand. Ready to show them to him and give him a piece of my mind about him calling my dad and sorting out the debt. Now, I felt a different type of emotion, one that didn’t sit well with me. I started to just let it rip until he said addressed the pretty blonde that was standing by his side: “Okay Zoe, if your mom needs anything then let me know.” She nodded and smiled; she did the same with me too as she left the house. “Emma, are you okay?” he asked, and I felt stupid. Like a little kid I said, “Oh you got a new one already?” I hovered around the door. Not wanting to go in, but just to give him a piece of my mind. But I couldn’t. I didn’t say a word as I stood there with one hand on my hip ready to give it to him. He’d used me. I thought that he cared. Shit, I even thought about my career and giving it up for him and in the space of one week he had found a replacement.I really was a fool. He looked behind him and as