Her Forever Hero (Unexpected Heroes #3)(17)

“Nothing. I need to get out of here,” she said, her stomach shaking with the control it was taking not to throw up.

“Something’s wrong,” he told her as he took her arm and began steering her down the hallway toward the exit of the building.

“I just watched a trauma patient come in. It shook me up,” Grace admitted as they reached the outside of the building.

“I’m sorry,” he said, but she could see he was just humoring her.

She was silent for a moment while she took some deep breaths. “What are you doing here?” she finally asked.

“I came in to talk to Spence and I saw you,” Cam replied.

“Well, then, I guess I have bad timing,” she told him.

“Or great timing,” he answered before he pulled her into his arms.

“Cam, stop,” she said, but she couldn’t seem to pull away.

“It looks like you really need this.” That was her only warning before he lowered his head and captured her mouth. Later, Grace would blame shock for needing five minutes before she managed to wobble away on shaky knees.





“So, not to be nosy or anything, but usually when you kiss a woman, she doesn’t go running.”

Cam turned around to see his brother standing in the doorway, a grin on his face. “She had someplace to be. What are you doing out here?” Cam murmured.

“I was looking for Grace. She was shaken up.”

“Well, luckily I was here to comfort her,” Cam replied.

“Must not have been too comforting by the way she ran away from you,” Spence said.

“There wasn’t an issue with the kiss. The issue was spending time with you.”

“All righty, then. If you say so.”

“Don’t you have lives to save? As a big, bad doctor, I would think you’d have far more important things to do than spy on your brother.”

“Nah, I have a competent staff. Besides, because I’m a married man with a single brother, I’d say your love life is more interesting than babysitting said competent staff who know how to do their jobs well. At least, that’s how I see it,” Spence told him. “What are you doing down here, anyway?”

“I wanted to see you, though I’m regretting that choice,” Cam said before sighing. “I’ve been trying to get Grace to talk to me about her case, and she manages to avoid it like it’s a freaking plague I’m trying to infect her with. I should just give up, but we both know I won’t do that. She thinks if she just runs far enough and fast enough from her problems, they’ll all go away. The law doesn’t work that way.”

“You don’t have to lecture me. You may be the lawyer in the family, but I’m the one with all the brains,” Spence said.

“Ha! I think you bribed your way through medical school.”

“Well . . . Okay, let’s be serious,” Spence said, all traces of amusement gone. “It’s time we talk about who has the better looks.”

It took a moment for Cam to realize his brother was still kidding around. “Seriously, how did you get through medical school?”

“My good looks, of course. It’s how I got the girl, too. Anytime you need any pointers, just come see your big brother.”

“You’re a pain in the ass, Spence. I should go see Jackson. At least he’ll say something worth hearing.”

“Ouch. You’re wounding my pride,” Spence replied.

“Yeah, if that were possible, I’d see monkeys taking over the hospital, too. And now you’ve kept me here BS-ing with you for so long that I’m sure Grace is miles away. I’d intended to chase her back down.”

“Since she’s gone, you can join me for some mouthwatering cafeteria food. I’m starving.”

“You look like you’re starving. Or not. Have you . . . put on a few pounds since getting married?” Cam mocked as the two began walking down the hallway.

“My wife keeps me well fed,” Spence said with a laugh. “Okay, maybe the cook keeps me fed. Neither Sage nor I have time to mess around in the kitchen. But I’m still hotter than ever.” With that, he lifted the top of his scrubs partway up and slapped his solid abs.

“Humble, too,” Cam said with a roll of the eyes.

“When you got it, you got it,” Spence said. “And boy, do I got it.”

“Your humility is one of my favorite things about you, big bro.” Just when he finished speaking, Sage ran up and squeezed between them as they walked down the hallway, linking each of her arms in one of theirs.

“Mmm, I don’t know why you didn’t run away with me, woman. You smell good enough to eat,” Cam said, and he leaned in and kissed her cheek.

“I smell like urine and blood, but you can try to charm me all you want,” she told him with a smile. “And I would have certainly chased after you, since you’re so much younger and more suave than your brother. Sadly, though, your heart is already taken,” she sighed.

“Ha! My heart will remain intact forever.”

“You can’t have something that you’ve already given away,” she told him with a sassy shake of her hips, then she pulled away from the men and snatched up a tray.

“Dang, woman, you in a hurry?” Cam asked while Sage loaded her tray up, leaving them in the dust.