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Tears start to fall down her face before she runs off down the hall. Grayson is in front of me almost instantly as he grips my face. His go-to move when he’s worried about me.

“Are you okay?” His voice is full of worry.

I hold his wrists as I look him in the eye. “Grayson, I’m fine. Honestly, I found the whole thing kinda funny, because I knew the entire time just how wrong she was.”

He leans forward, rests his forehead on mine, and releases a deep breath. “I’m glad, no one has the right to talk to you like she did.” He kisses my cheek before whispering ever so quietly, “And the only time you should be called a whore is when I call you my needy little cock whore.”

My knees nearly give out. I want to beg for him right here, but I know it’s not the place. I step out of his hold and say, “I’m fine. I promise.”

He turns around, and we both see someone from hospital administration standing at the end of the hallway. She jerks her head to the side, and Grayson nods and follows behind her.

As soon as they’re out of sight, the nurses join me at the nurses’ station.

“You’re married to Dr. Maxwell?” Polly asks.

I nod. “Yeah.”

“When?”

“How long?”

“I thought you hated him.”

Questions are fired at me from all directions.

When they’ve stopped, I say, “Two months. It’s complicated, but no, I don’t hate him. Now, I’d really like to get back to work.”

They nod and disburse.

Grayson returns after a while and comes straight for me.

“How did it go?” I ask.

“It was fine, they were a little upset we didn’t report it to HR sooner. You need to sign this.” He pushes a piece of paper towards me.

Declaration of Romantic Relationship

I quickly read through it and sign at the bottom beside Grayson’s signature.

“Can you also sign this, please?” He slides a new form in front of me.

Update to Employee Records - Emergency Contact

I read the form and see that Grayson is updating me as his emergency contact.

“Are you sure?” I whisper.

He leans on the counter. “Yeah. It was Caleb, but he has a family now, and my parents and sister are so far. I can change it in a month once I find someone else.”

I stare at him and nod before signing the form. I gnaw my lip. My current form has my dad and mom as my emergency contacts, I don’t want Mom on there anymore.

“Do you have another form?” I ask.

He pulls out another form and gives it to me. I quickly fill out his information and turn it to him to sign. He slips it in with his forms and heads back the way he came. I settle back in my chair, the events of the day hitting me in full force. We were just outed at work, I was called a whore, and I have been added as Grayson’s emergency contact and added him as one of mine. Today will be a day that’s hard to forget.

CHAPTER 27

Grayson

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