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everything). The orbital dismissal was complemented nicely with his declaration: “I’ll take the stairs.”
    Dick.
    There I said it. But he deserved it.
    Actually, he deserved it after he dismissed me in the ER and told me he didn’t have time to speak to me, thinking I was a new grad. Then he deserved it when he repeatedly rolled his eyes like a spoiled teenager and scowled every time I opened my mouth with valid freaking points and suggestions. And he really deserved it when he humiliated me, making me blush yet again in front of the neuro fellow when he said he didn’t trust me to essentially change a Band-Aid. So I wasn’t feeling guilty for saying it. Nope. Not at all.
    The second charming experience was right after my initial lobbying with the hospital board. Ecstatic they asked me to organize a formal proposal, I zoned out and smacked into Hunter and Dr. Guillory. Literally. With unlady-like force.
    Luckily, my new favorite pediatrician steadied me on my three-inch heels before I face planted. I might have deserted corporate America, but I still strongly believed in the effectiveness of the power-suit with pumps, especially in the boardroom. Guillory laughed off the collision and asked, “What’s the rush, hot date tonight?”
    Totally awkward, but I went with it. “You know it!” Somehow the humor was lost on Hunter, who, again, rolled those freaking eyes after scanning me head to toe.
    Double-Dick.
    Now it was slipping right off the tongue.
    Whatever. His issue with me was just that—his issue. I wasn’t losing sleep over it, but it didn’t mean I wasn’t curious.
     
    “Hey, ladies. You know what Dr. Hunter needed?”
    “Child, if I only knew, I would’ve already auctioned off my husband. Found it . And given it to that man on a silver platter.” Lorraine looked at her front desk partner in crime, high- fived her and erupted into a fit of giggles. Two grown women gone gaga.
    Look, I wasn’t blind. He was definitely attractive, but he was also a double-dick.
    “Cara said he was looking for me.” I tried to regain their focus.
    “Ya think? He only called three times, then dragged that tight, scrub-covered ass up here to harass us. Do us a favor when you see him. Tell him that just because he’s all sorts of delicious, we can’t just drop everything at his request.”
    “We can’t?” Coco asked and Lorraine lost it.
    “Ooh-kay. Thanks, ladies. I’ll figure it out.” Couldn’t say I didn’t try. The ladies were too busy fanning themselves to see me leave.
    Last stop, my office for my coat and purse and then my stomach had a date with some food. Or maybe not.
    “Um. Hey.” A waft of clean outdoors and something else temporarily distracted my hunger pains and filled my small office. Looked like he found me. His towering frame leaned against my desk.
    “I was writing you a note.”
    “I can see that.” I eyed the paper with my name scribbled at the top. He hadn’t gotten too far.
    “I called.”
    “I heard.”
    He bit the inside of his cheek, as if he was annoyed with me , and paused to inhale before asking, “Why couldn’t they find you?”
    Huh? Not sure how to answer, I didn’t. Instead, I crossed my arms and shrugged. I owed him nothing, and I certainly wasn’t going to coddle him after his recent immature behavior toward me.
    “So you’re going to make this difficult?” he asked.
    Tempting, but instead I countered with, “What do you need, Dr. Hunter?” The intoxicating effect of his smell wore off and my hunger pains were back.
    “I need your help.” His eyes softened. They weren’t apologetic or overly friendly, they were … genuine. “Finn’s asking for you.”
    “That’s all you had to say.”
    Because it was.
     
    During our brief trot down the few flights, he explained (shockingly not acting like the D-word) how Finn needed routine follow-up blood work, which he usually had drawn in the ER by one of few nurses Guy trusted and Finn was comfortable with.