Billionaire On Fire: The Complete Series (A Bad Boy Alpha Billionaire Romance) by Claire Adams Page B

to follow her. I
could hear her lecturing them on proper hand washing techniques for each floor
as they exited the ER.
    "That Violet Metzler is
a menace to society," Liz muttered once they were gone. "I wonder if
her parents are aware of that."
    "Aw Liz, you need to
ease up on her a bit or you're going to get yourself in trouble," I
warned.
    "I'm not the
problem," Liz replied. "She starts everything, I just finish
it."
    I laughed as I shook my head
and went back to stocking the exam areas. It wasn't until midnight that I
noticed Liz had disappeared again, but then a string of ambulances flooded the
ER and I got busy triaging patients and restocking supplies.
    Around two in the morning,
when the rush had died down, I heard the front doors swoosh open and a familiar
laugh fill the ER. I looked up from the patient charts I was filing and saw Cam
walking through the door in full gear. His face was covered with soot and his
hair was even wilder than it normally was. I smiled as I watched him scan the
ER and find me. His eyes lit up and a smile spread across his lips as he turned
and said something to his buddies before taking long strides toward the desk
where I was sitting.
    "Hi, Alex Pierce,"
he grinned down at me. "Fancy meeting you here."
    "Hello, Cam
Connor," I laughed as I stood up and walked around the station. "I'm
not sure why it's such a surprise for you, other than maybe you were hit on the
head by falling debris at your last call."
    "Good one," he
laughed as he bent down and leaned on the counter. "No, no falling debris.
Just a car fire that got a little out of control."
    "Is there ever a car
fire that is not out of control?" I asked with a skeptical grin.
    "And again with the
astute observation," he laughed before adding more quietly, "I'd like
to see you again."
    I stared at him for a few
seconds until he looked down and muttered, "I mean, if you'd like to see
me again, that is."
    "Silly man, of course
I'd like to see you again!" I laughed as he looked up visibly relieved.
"I was just trying to think about when I'll have time what with exams,
classes and work this week."
    "I could help you
study," he said hopefully. "Quiz you on whatever it is you're being
tested on."
    "You know, that might
actually work," I nodded, but when I looked back up at him, I realized
that any pretense of studying was likely to be abandoned if we were in a room
alone together. I could feel the magnetic pull of his body and a memory of his
lips pressed against mine flashed before my eyes causing me to look away.
    "Uh huh, sure it
would," Cam said as if he'd just read my mind. "Well, at the very
least I could take you to dinner to help keep up your strength."
    "I'd like that," I
smiled.
    "How about tomorrow
night?" he asked as the guys from the squad signaled that it was time to
get back to the station. "I'll pick you up around seven?"
    "Sounds good!" I
called as he ran for the door. It was only after he'd left that I wondered
where he was taking me.
    "Got a date with the
firefighter, do you?" Leslie asked with a smile. "He's a
hottie."
    "Do you all conspire to
make that same joke?" I laughed as Leslie laughed with me. I looked around
and wondered where Liz had wandered off. I told Leslie I was going to go look
for Liz and she nodded as she updated more patient charts.

 
    #
    It took twenty minutes of searching to finally
find Liz. She was standing outside the pharmacy, staring at the poster covered
with a diverse group of people, presumably employees, which announced Chicago
General would soon be part of a larger network of hospitals throughout the
area.
    "Liz, are you
okay?" I asked as I put my hand on her shoulder and turned her around.
    "Yeah, fine. Why?"
she said in a brisk voice. "Just learning about the changes coming to
Chicago General."
    "I see," I said.
"We've missed you down in the ER. Want to come back with me?"
    "Yeah, sure," she
nodded as I took her arm and led her back to the department. I wanted to ask
her what was going on,