Page 8 of Grumpy Sunshine

“The pregnant woman?”she asked.

“No, the one with the suspended driver’s license.”I sighed.

She winced.“If it helps, I think the woman may pull through.The man, though…he was very critical because most of the impact came from the driver’s side.”

That didn’t help.

“Do you know who’s charging up here right now?”I asked.

“It’s Dru,” came the raspy, soft voice from behind me.

I didn’t have to turn around to know who that was.

My dick let me know without the visual.

Aella.

My little version of chaos.

I turned anyway, though, because I was always desperate for a look when it came to her.

She may avoid me like the plague, but that didn’t mean that I wasn’t allowed to look.

I smiled.“Hey, how’s your car treating you today?”

“Still grumpy,” she admitted, her cheeks heating as she looked anywhere but at me.

“I…” I was interrupted by Reign calling my name, and Aella took the distraction to run away.

Reign was no stranger to this floor.

She visited often since she had so many doctor appointments, and it was only right then that I realized that Aella always ran when Reign was close.But usually, she’d stick it out as long as it was just us talking.

Another reason to distance yourself from Reign, Chevy.Don’t be a dumbass.

If Copper found out that I was spending so much time with Reign and not telling him, he wouldn’t understand.

Why?

Because Reign had avoided him like the plague since he’d gotten out of prison.

Fuck.

She really needed to talk to him.

“Hey, Chevy.”I heard my name called.

I looked up to find Dru waving me down.

I held a finger up to Reign to let her know to wait, then headed for Dru.

“Your first surgery was canceled.The guy has an infection, and they decided to wait to see if they can get it under control,” she explained.

“Fuck.”I sighed.“That sounds amazing.”

It sounded amazing because it meant I could grab a couple of hours of sleep before my next surgery at eleven.

“Cool, I’ll be sleeping,” I said abruptly.

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