I swore I’d never fall for another doctor.
One rule kept me safe, kept me focused.
Then he walked into my trauma room.
Salt and pepper hair, eyes like steel.
His hands save children, but they set me on fire.
Thirteen years older. A single dad with two teens.
The military tattoo on his arm holds secrets his lips wont tell.
We collide in the on-call room—raw, breathless, addictive.
Our chemistry in the ER is nothing compared to our nights.
But the past has claws.
His ex-wifes memory still haunts him.
My toxic ex is a threat hiding in plain sight.
Hospital walls whisper scandals, careers hang in the balance.
And an offer across the country could be my escape.
But my body’s holding a secret neither of us is ready for.
How can I walk away from the only man who makes me feel alive?
When the doctor becomes the fever— what’s the cure?
