“Once, and let’s go,” he growled.
“Bye,” she grumbled.
I waved my hand and listened to the sound of their footsteps moving out of the room.
That was a little harder than I had thought it would be, but at least I got Greta out of my room before Birdie got there. And one of the guys wouldn’t be here for at least two hours.
I had time to figure out just what it was I was feeling for Birdie and if she was feeling the same.
Hopefully, we were on the same page.
Chapter Twelve
Birdie
Why was I doing this?
I should be in my car on the way home, ready to eat a TV dinner and watch a couple of episodes of Alf.
That was where I should be, but instead, I had just gotten on the elevator and was headed up to Easy’s room.
“What are you doing, Birdie?” I whispered. The ER was at ground level, so I had a few floors to figure out if I was making the right choice.
I had enough on my plate without catching feelings for Easy.
The reasons why we didn’t work made a long list. Me being nine years older was top of it.
The doors glided open on the first floor, and I stepped to the side.
Chuck Blain, head of the board, stepped next to me. “Oh, Birdie. We were just going to head downstairs to look for you. I wanted to personally introduce to you our new ER doctors.”
I held my breath and fought back my panic.
Two men stepped on the elevator and the doors shut behind them.
I was face to face with my own personal nightmare.
Aaron Gibbs.
“Hi, I’m Neil. I’m happy to join the team.” Neil held out his hand to me, and I numbly shook it. He seemed like a nice guy, and it was good that he was going to be working in the ER.
“Uh, Birdie Maven. It’s nice to meet you.” I pasted a fake smile on my face and reminded myself to breathe.
I was in an elevator with Aaron Gibbs, but there were two other people with us. Nothing was going to happen to me.
Aaron, being the charming douchebag that he was, held out his hand to me. “Aaron Gibbs.”
“Uh, nice to meet you.” I briefly shook his hand and turned to Chuck. “I’ll be glad to get back to NICU.” I had loved working in the ER, but there was no way I was going to work with Aaron.
It was questionable if I would even work in the same hospital as him.
“You’re an asset wherever you work, Birdie,” Chuck smiled wide.
The elevator glided up to the fourth floor, and the doors opened. “Uh, this is my stop.”
Neil stepped to the side, but Aaron hesitated.
I knew what he was thinking. Wondering if I was going to make a scene.
