Page 9 of Cocky M.D.
“We’re sisters. I know you. So spill, or I’ll call one of the married sisters to weasel it out of you.”
“None of them live here anymore to bother me that much.”
Stephanie said, “Okay, just spill because we love each other.”
“True.” I was one car away from the window, but I took a breath and said, “I was put on the surplus list yesterday, so I’m joining the jobless.”
After quickly putting myself on mute again, I paid for my coffees.
“I didn’t know that happened to teachers.”
I pressed the button then said, “Nothing in life is secure.”
I took the drinks and the snack then headed out.
“Any chance the summer job might be something permanent?”
I drove down a side street where trees lined the road and gates surrounded the mansions. They were estates, and it was a fancy part of the city where, once upon a time, the Carnegies and oil barons had homes. I’d never known any of my students actually lived there. I’d assumed the residents all put their children in boarding school, but then I hadn’t even realized Bradley’s nanny wasn’t related to him.
I checked the address, and I saw the driveway in front of me as I answered Stephanie, “Yeah, but I’m not sure I want the job.”
“Why?” she asked.
My chest felt hollow as I drove onto the property, which had a guard. I handed over my ID. “Because…”
Stephanie said, “Whatever you’re about to say is juicy.”
I took my ID back and was waved through. “How do you know?”
Wow. This is seriously a mansion.I drove up, and my eyes widened at the old brick house, which looked more like a museum than a home.
“Because you hold back when it’s important. I’m all ears when you’re ready.”
I saw cars parked on the side with a sign that read Employees and pulled in there as I said, “Okay, so I’m outside his mansion now.”
“His?”
My face heated as I turned off the engine. It sounded like it had been stabbed when I took out the key. But I ignored the sound and said, “Yeah. Look, I had a boy in my class this year. Total sweetheart, though he tried to be the bad boy of the first grade.”
“And?”
I let out a sigh as I stepped out and smelled the flowers. The home had to cost way more than a doctor’s salary. My heart thumped as I said, “And his father is a doctor, and he’s…”
“Yes?”
The hairs on my arm stood on end, but I took her off speaker phone as I walked toward the front door on a path lined with trees. “The hottest guy I’ve ever met, and he kisses to the point that I forgot where I was or who I was. I couldn’t even breathe.”
“Oh fuck no.”
I covered my face and asked, “What?”
“I’m going to be the last Steel sister not married.”
She’d been engaged. I was the one who never met guys that interested me. I usually ended up on dates with someone who made my skin crawl, and all I wanted to do was run in the other direction. Except it wasn’t like that with Johnny.
I stood next to the front door, though I didn’t ring the bell. “Yeah, right. Look, I’m here. Talk to you later.”
“Have fun with your sexy doctor.”
