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He let me go completely, then walked over to my bag before picking it up and shouldering it. “Really. Let me walk you to your car?”

I nodded, then reached into my scrubs pocket for my own phone. “Unlike you, I can’t memorize numbers like that. Can you tell me yours?”

He said it slowly, letting me get it into the phone before we headed out the door.

We were halfway to where I parked my car, which sadly wasn’t close at all, when he said, “Can I come back over tonight when I’m done?”

My heart accelerated, and euphoria rolled through me. “Of course!”

We reached my car, and he helped me open the door. He waited until I was inside before bending down, using the door and the hood for balance, to give me a kiss.

I lifted my face and kissed him back.

“Be safe, please,” I told him as I reached for my belt.

He winked. “Always try to be.”

Then he was closing my door, and I watched him as I pulled away.

The moment he was out of sight, I squealed in excitement.

Quincy Carter gave me his number!

Quincy Carter was also coming over tonight after he was done working.

He’d walked me to my car.

He’d bought me a pizza.

Could the man get any better?

The answer was yes, yes he could.

When I got home, there was a woman with an Instant Cart order with so many groceries I had nowhere to put it all.

“Thank you so much,” I said.

The woman winked and left, leaving me with tons of food to put away.

Instead of doing that, I pulled out my phone and sent a text.

Me:

If you can get away for more than ten minutes, I want to show you my appreciation.

His answer came quickly.

Quincy:

I can make time for it if it’s what I’m thinking you’re offering.

Me:

If you’re thinking it’s a quickie, or a blow job, then you’re right.

But then I got distracted by life and forgot all about my phone.

I got into the shower and showered off the day, hating the way the hospital made me feel.