Careless (Enemies to Lovers 3)

“How do you kiss?”

“Fuck, Rhett,” I groan, dropping my face into my hands.

“No, I don’t it mean like that. It’s just whenever I have to kiss a woman, and she’s wearing lipstick, I end up with most of it smeared over my face. None of your women wear lipstick so I thought I’d ask Ryan.”

Ryan chuckles, and I’m just thankful he’s amused with Rhett.

“That’s why you take them to dinner. If they eat first, you won’t have a lipstick problem.”

Rhett opens his mouth, but Ryan holds up a finger to stop him. He leans over me and whispers to Rhett.

“If you want to skip dinner, just let them blow you. It gets rid of the lipstick, and you score.”

Ryan quickly glances back at Danny to make sure she’s still sleeping.

Rhett looks impressed with the answer as he sits and thinks about it.

“Yeah, I like option number two better.”

“Eww… I’m right here,” Mia hisses. “Ugh, I’m scarred for life.”

Logan starts to laugh but at once tries to swallow it when Mia glares at him.

Della is staring at the room while her face is turning red from keeping in the laughter.

Carter lowers his head, and his whole body starts to shake Danny as he silently laughs.

The next second we all burst out laughing. It relieves a lot of the tension.

I give Ryan a thankful smile as he leans into me.

“You’re welcome.”

888

LEIGH

Every time I walk down this hallway, my stomach knots.

I take a deep breath as I fight the tears. Normally, I wouldn’t be affected by something like this, but because it’s Marcus, I can’t help but feel.

He was high-risk, just like Mom.

When I get to the door, I close my eyes as I try to control my emotions.

I need to be professional. I’m a doctor. I can’t cry.

I feel a hand on my shoulder, and when I glance behind me, I see that it’s Dr. Magliato.

“Would you like me to speak to the family?”

As the first tear rolls down my cheek, I nod. There’s no way I’ll be able to stop crying once I see Jaxson.

“Please,” I whisper as I step to the side so she can go in first.

When she opens the door, I follow her into the waiting room.

Everyone is here. Jaxson is the first to stand, and his eyes find mine. My tears come faster, and I cover my mouth.