Page 73 of Peep

I’m sure she’s had to deal with an abundance of arseholes today. I offer her an apologetic smile and scurry to the waiting area.

My knee bounces, and I bite my nails as I wait for Jahmar, eyes darting around, looking for the police. My phone rings, and I see Femi’s number.Fuck. I ignore the call; I’m in no state to talk to her right now. She must think I’ve lost my mind, running out of work again. I shoot her a quick text.

Femi, I’m sorry, there was an emergency. I’ll be back in a few hours and fill you in. I promise.

I have no clue what I’m going to tell her this time, but that’s an issue for later.

“Mr Erikson?”

My eyes shoot up, and the air leaves me as I’m faced with Jahmar, looking incredibly calm and sexy in his work clothes with a stethoscope slung around his neck.

“Yes.” I jump to my feet and follow him to a cubicle. Once he draws the curtain, I fall into his arms.

“Anders, what are you doing here?”

I pull back, wiggling out of his grasp. “I thought you’d been arrested.”

He lunges at me, covering my mouth. “Shhh, will you? These curtains aren’t soundproof.”

I try to pull his hand from my mouth, but he’s stronger than he looks.

“Are you going to whisper?”

“Yes, for fuck’s sake,” I mumble against his large hand, though it’s barely understandable.

“Oh, sorry.” He chuckles, releasing me.

“Yes,” I aggressively whisper.

“Up you get, please, sir.”

“What?”

He leans in to whisper in my ear, “If we’re going to hide behind this curtain and discuss our crimes, we need to make it at least look like I’m examining you.”

“Fine,” I grumble, hopping on the bed and crossing my arms.

Jahmar slips on a pair of gloves, pinging the cuff with a devilish grin. He’s enjoying this way too much, arsehole.

“So, if it wasn’t you who got arrested, who was it?” I whisper.

“Leo.” Jahmar moves around the small space before searching for something in a small set of drawers.

“Huh, yourgym buddy?” I can barely disguise the jealousy in my tone.

“Yes, I may have borrowed his keycard to dispense the drugs I needed for the operations.”

What the hell? Leo’s in on this, too. “Leo knows what you do?”

“No, silly. I stole it from him. Please lay back and take off your trousers and boxers.”

My cheeks heat at the outlandish request.

“I really don’t think this is the time and place to fool around.”

“Like I said, anyone could pop their head in. Have you ever had a rectal examination?”

“Of course not, I’m only twenty-eight.”

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