Page 50 of Eleven of a Kind

“Okay.” Her brows furrowed.

It took all of five minutes before Tara and Raj ran into the backroom.

“Spill it, darling,” Raj said.

“Yeah, Piper. You never come in on your day off. What’s going on?” Tara asked. “This has something to do with Dr. Gabriel, doesn’t it?”

“No.” I looked away from her.

“Liar, liar, pants on fire!” Raj exclaimed. “Look at me, Piper.”

“No.”

He grabbed my chin and turned my face to his.

“You slept with him!” he said.

“Fine. Maybe I did.”

“Was he that bad?” Tara’s face twisted.

“God, no. He was—” I stood up from my chair.

“Was what, Piper?” Tara asked.

“Absolutely fucking amazing.”

“Yay!” Raj smiled as he clapped his hands.

“I met his entire family last night, and they were all so nice. Then I invited him back to my place for a nightcap.”

“Ah, so you initiated it.” Tara smirked. “That’s my girl.”

“I don’t understand, Piper,” Raj said. “You had amazing sex last night. What is the problem here?”

“I can’t stop thinking about it and him.”

“Oh,” they both drew out the word at the same time.

“Exactly!” I pointed at both of them. “What am I supposed to do now?” I threw my hands up. “I have sex with a guy and forget it ever happened. Even with the guys I date consistently. I never once thought about the sex with Jack after we had it. Or the guy before him, and the guy before him, and the—”

“We know, you little sex kitten,” Raj said.

“Shit. Dr. Kind was that good?” Tara bit down on her bottom lip.

“He was that good.” I shook my head and sighed.

“Listen, darling.” Raj hooked his arm around me. “I think you’re overreacting. You’re still all caught up in the moment. Once you come back down, you’ll be fine.”

“I don’t know, Raj. I’ve never seen her like this before,” Tara said.

“You two need to get back out there and help Sylvie. I’m going to catch up on this paperwork and forget about Gabriel and last night.”

While I was going over the paperwork, my phone dinged. Looking over at it, I saw a text message from Gabriel, and my heart started racing.

“Hi. I was wondering if you had any dinner plans tonight.”

“I do now.”I sent the smiling emoji.

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