Chapter 650

Chapter 650

Screwed her over?

I frowned, sending back a quick: [?]

Lena's reply came in hot: [Nate's here!]

Oh, the hotel stunt. I smirked, fingers flying across the screen: [Hope you enjoy the romantic alone time I created for you guys.]

Lena: [Romantic, my ass! I'm about to go into surgery!]

Me: [...]

***

Lena wasn't kidding, and no, the surgery wasn't some lame excuse to dodge Nate-it was real.

Sure, she could've handed it off to another doctor, but nope.

This was her subtle way of saying, 'Guess what, Nate? The universe doesn't orbit around you.'

Why should she rearrange her whole life just because he finally decided to pop back in after ghosting her for months in favor of work?

By the time she wrapped up, it was already pushing 11 p.m.

had sent a

But

nope.

The notification bar

conversation hadn't moved an inch since

even a how was it going

mad about the

empty chat as she made her

that was done, she headed for the

pushed the door

Polo shirt, tailored slacks-classic I'm- important-but-effortless Nate. Nate

snapped out of her daze. "Oh, yeah! It went fine. What

"Waiting for you."

beat. "Uh, I was actually

tone carried a subtle intensity, pressing her for an

an awkward laugh. If she was being honest?

shower and, y'know, change," she mumbled, jerking her thumb

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make a break for it, his voice stopped her cold. "If you have sexual

over her own feet, barely managing to stay

we don't hold back-not with emotions, not with... physical ones too." Lena, who'd seen and heard

I don't need anything," she stammered, bolting

"But I do."

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