Page 73 of Torn In Two

And because I needed to see for myself that she and her mother were safe here. I still didn’t fully understand what had happened the night Kara had ended up in the hospital. The story they’d told about her being partially buried when an embankment had given way was full of holes, but it had been clear that it wasn’t Hayden or Hawk who had hurt her. So that had been enough for me and the rest of her medical team to release her. But Fang’s comment about there being a security breach a few weeks back rang in my mind, and I couldn’t shake the feeling it had something to do with how Kara had gotten hurt.

If that was the case, then I would happily let them search me and my car anytime they wanted.

I forced myself out of the car and over to the door. I rapped my knuckles across it, but when nobody came to the door, I let myself in. “Hello?”

A young woman at the bar looked up, her gaze widening as she took in my suit and tie. “Holy shit. Where did you come from? You lost, handsome?”

I shook my head and smiled at her. “No. At least, I don’t think so.” I strode across the room and offered her my hand. “I’m Grayson.” I held up my medical bag that held the few basic supplies and paperwork I carried everywhere. “I’m a doctor.”

She raised an eyebrow and slipped her fingers into my grasp. “Well, well, Dr. Grayson. I’m thinking you are indeed lost, but I’m glad for it. Sit. Have a drink. Ice pours them strong, though…” She leaned in, pushing her fake round tits against my chest. “I’m sure you can handle it though, can’t you? I bet you handle a lot of things real nice…”

Her hand traced down my chest and stomach and then lower, trying to grope me.

I pulled away sharply, backing up two steps. “No drink needed. I have an appointment with Kara.”

The woman laughed. “Kara?”

I nodded.

The smile fell off the woman’s face, and she lost interest in me in the same second. She turned back to the bar and Ice behind it, complaining to him like I wasn’t even in the building. “She already has Chaos and Hawk. How much dick does one woman need?”

Heat crept into my cheeks. “It’s not like that. We’re just friends.”

The woman eyed me up and down. “Then you’re available? Single?”

I didn’t know how to tell her I was single, yes, but there was only one woman I was interested in. And it wasn’t her. “Is Kara around?”

The woman sighed. “Kara!”

I winced as the woman screeched down the hallway, but it did have the desired effect of a door opening and Kara’s head popping out.

“Hi! You’re early. I’m so sorry, I was planning on meeting you out the front, so you didn’t have to…”

The woman scowled at Kara. “What? Be accosted by me?”

“I didn’t say that, Amber.” Kara looked down at her hands.

The woman slid off the barstool, tugging at her short skirt. She strode along the hallway. “Hawk know you’ve taken a third lover?”

Kara didn’t say anything.

Amber glared at her, clearly irritated at not getting a response. She banged on the door behind her, though her gaze never left Kara’s. “Hawk! You know your woman has another man out here? How many does that make now?”

The door behind her opened, and Hawk stood framed by the doorway. He reached up to grab the top of it, his gaze sliding to me. He laughed. “Get the fuck out, Amber. He works with us. They aren’t screwing.”

Kara’s cheeks were scarlet.

Even in the midst of her embarrassment, she was still so damn pretty I couldn’t think straight. She’d changed out of her work scrubs, and her skirt clung to the curve of her hips deliciously.

Amber shrugged as she passed me. “If you ever do want to do some fucking, Doctor, I’m always available…” She shot a dirty look over at Hawk. “Since some people are now getting their needs met elsewhere.”

Hawk leaned into the stretch and rolled his eyes. “Jealousy isn’t pretty on you, sweetheart.”

Amber flounced down the hallway, disappearing into a room at the end of it.

Hawk crossed the room to Kara and put two fingers beneath her chin, forcing her face up and her eyes to meet his. “Hey, Little Mouse. Look at me.”

She did.

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