MEREDITH
The sterile, unmistakable scent of hospital stung my nostrils.
Oh my God! I fainted!
I was so embarrassed. I couldn’t believe I did that.
Maybe it was the shock of learning about Franklin’s death.
Or maybe it was seeing Josef for the first time in years.
Or maybe it was having him threaten to fire thousands of people from their jobs because of some stupid loan Franklin had taken out all for the sake of petty revenge.
Or maybe it was the combination of all those things.
Yeah. That was it.
I wished I could lie and say I was out cold the entire time, but that wasn’t true. At some point, I started to come to, and it was soon after I realized I was being held by someone.
Someone warm and strong who smelled delicious, like spicy cologne and man.
My long dead libido came flaring to life, and it was all I could do not to moan and squeeze my thighs together to ease the sudden unbidden ache between my legs.