Free No Second Thoughts (Seven Devils MC Book 2) by Candice Owen

“Well I was supposed to kill their motorcycle captain. He is like their mayor.”
     
    The doctor’s face darkened.  “Do you think this is funny, woman?”
     
    “No I don’t,” Blanche answered feeling completely shamed.
     
    “You threw all of that opportunity away for what? Lust?”
     
    Blanche was beginning to get nervous. He could kill her right now and probably get away with it.  She had a head injury that was way more complicated than she thought it should be. It perplexed her, despite his explanation, how a simple fall can cause so much trouble. Either way, she was in a vulnerable position. She wasn’t physically together and she was lying prone. She was at his mercy. “What if I atone for the error of my ways?” she suggested.
     
    “Such as?  Not that I can make any promises,” he said.
     
    “Well I came to town to kill someone. Let me kill someone,” she said.
     
    The doctor regarded her, “I can take the message back to base but –”
    Blanche didn’t trust him at all. “I can do the same. I don’t need to trouble you. But I do appreciate the wake-up call.”
     
    “I am not entirely convinced,” the burly physician said. He stood up and Blanche was aware at just how formidable of a person he was. He was positively huge. “But it does sound as though that injury knocked some sense into you.”
     
    It occurred to Blanche that she could make any deal with Norte Mexicali and there was no guarantee that she would live much beyond that. Her only option was to stick by the one person whom she knew cared about her, even though whatever she felt for him seemed to be lost to the past. Vanished in time. She could hardly stand the guy now, but right as rain, just even thinking about him, he appeared at the door. It might not be recognizable to just anyone, because it looked like the doctor was vaguely smiling at Jason, but Blanche could see the doctor regard him with hatred.  
     
    Jason shook his hand. Blanche could see he was an honorable man through and through.
     
    “So you’ve decided?” the physician asked her. “I am to release you to him?”
     
    “Only if you think it’s okay,” Jason said. He genuinely cared about her.
     
    “Say, listen. In a perfect world, she would be in bed, not moving around until she was a hundred percent mended, but from what I understand, she should be moved. So, go. Be well and take care. I would not let her go if I didn’t think it was in her best interest. Ms. Herrera, you have my contact information and I have yours. We have a few minor lab results pending, merely routine and none of which will interfere with my decision here today. I am obligated to discuss them with you and so I will give you a call later in the week.”
     
     

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
     
    Once they were alone together in the room Jason remarked, “Nice guy.  Sounds like you had a great doctor.”
     
    A pang of guilt actually sank within her. One minute she was a cold-blooded killer and the next she had a conscience. It was very confusing to her. The one thing she was sure of, whether she could kill him or not, he was her best bet. “I have to get dressed still. If you would go get the nurse,” she said, thinking she was being cooperative.
     
    “Nurse?” he asked as though he were baffled. A barrage of memories of the two of them naked many times started to play through her mind.  A blush that took her off guard consumed her. “I’ll get her if you want me to, but I can help you.”
     
    If she was going to use him for her personal safety, she might as well force herself to tolerate him. “Sure.  I don’t know what I was thinking.”
     
    “Seriously, Blanche, I can’t pretend I like what’s happened here. I miss you like crazy and you’re standing right in front of me, but I am not trying to pressure you, so if you feel more comfortable with the nurse helping you with your clothes on…”
     
    “Do I even have clothes?” she asked.
     
    “Yes,” he said.