Fortunately she didn’t, also proving said “business contact” was nothing of the sort. “It’s not about you. “Do you feel a bit better now? I loathed, to this day I still detest, the former – just imagine a planet-wide deity who ignores her own children’s calls for help but comes to some alien, white, American, saviour’s assistance – and loved the second. “I suppose. It’s a hell of a stress buster.”
I thought for a moment. “Even at this very moment, she might call me to make some preposterous demand.”
“And I suppose changing jobs is out of the question?”
“It is, right now. “I’m right, aren’t I? Since I have nothing much to do today – as you can see, I’m not exactly overburdened with patients – can I take you out to lunch? And then his hands were on my upper arms, raising me to my feet. What is it? It was hot and throbbing in my hand. I don’t know how long it took till we broke the kiss but I was breathless.
