The Surgeon’s Best Friend Dilemma - Chapter 6

Natasha was just as tired when her alarm went off as when she’d gone to bed last night. Whether it was due to the fact that Evan was in the room next door or the conversation they’d had about her mother, she couldn’t be sure. But she hadn’t been able to turn her brain off.

The dark wintry morning outside didn’t help either.

Deciding against her usual routine of hitting the snooze button before actually getting out of bed, she opted to go for a shower in the hope it would help clear her head. Everything Evan had said about her mother was true. Growing up, she’d tried to be more of a friend or big sister to Natasha, which her schoolmates thought was cool. But she’d have preferred a mother, rather than someone trying to recreate the youth she felt she’d missed out on by having a child in her teens. To Natasha, it was embarrassing having her around flirting with any male in the vicinity and offering drink and cigarettes. Though she would never have expected her to steal her boyfriend. That had been a step too far.

Natasha thanked her lucky stars she and Evan weren’t a couple, in case history repeated itself and she ended up losing him too.

With her arms loaded with clean clothes for the day, she nudged the bathroom door open with her hip, and froze. Evan was in her shower, curtain open, turned away from her, and oblivious to the fact that she was staring at his naked body. She didn’t know where to look, but at the same time, seemed powerless to look away. The water was sluicing down his back and over the curve of his muscular behind. It was hypnotic.

She knew he was fit and toned, but it was different seeing it in the flesh.

Whilst she was admiring the view, Evan suddenly turned around as he was washing his hair, suds everywhere, and gave her a proper eyeful. Natasha gasped and backed quickly out of the bathroom. Her cheeks were aflame and it wasn’t just because he’d likely caught her ogling him. A naked Evan was making her feel things she hadn’t felt in a long time. Sensations about him that were new and uncomfortable. It was different knowing that he was attractive and being attracted to him. She wouldn’t act on it. In fact, she was hoping he hadn’t seen her so she could go on and pretend that the whole thing had never happened. Even if the image was erotically branded on her brain forever.