When I peek around the corner, I find the two of them making out like a pair of teenagers. Two emotions war inside of me: jealousy and desperation. I want to storm in there and kiss the long, pale curve of Natalia’s neck, see her arch her back and press her breasts into Colt’s face.
Instead, I move away and head down the hall toward the locker room. This entire building belongs to the company. There are studio apartments, a gym, a hospital, even a fully-stocked grocery store. It’s like a city in and of itself.
I plan on heading to the gym to work out some of my frustrations when I spot the cart of clean laundry near the door. There are white lab coats, scrubs, nurse uniforms. The Company is a little old fashioned, a bit sexist, so the female nurses still wear those awful white dresses.
An idea forms in my mind on the fly, and I lick my lips.
This is stupid, West, leave them the hell alone.
And yet, I can’t help myself. I snatch a white coat and throw it over my shoulders, grabbing a nursing uniform on my way out.
Ducking down the hall, I slip back into Colt’s room, only to find Natalia straddling his lap. He gives me a what the hell, bro sort of a look, but Natalia doesn’t seem entirely displeased, especially not when she spots the uniform in my hand.
“What do you have there?” she asks coyly, and I’m relieved to see that our confrontation with Konstantin wasn’t enough to shake her. I’m pretty sure Natalia feels like she has a lot to learn. Maybe she does, but I don’t think she’s as weak or incapable as she sees herself.
“I figure Hawke’s going to move you to the safe house soon, so we won’t be seeing you for a few weeks …” I toss the uniform her way and she grabs it mid-air, holding it out in front of her for inspection.
“Oh, man, where did you get this?” Colt asks, his irritation at my interruption fading in an instant. “There’s nothing better than a nurse fantasy.”
“You like nurses, huh?” Natalia asks, sliding off of Colt’s hospital bed. “This is a little dowdy, though, even if it’s still sexist.” Her nose wrinkles up, and I flash a grin of my own, snatching the garment from her hands and using the knife in my boot to cut the skirt short scandalously short.
“Better?” I ask as Colt watches us with bright green eyes, the slight sheen of sweat on his forehead the only sign that he’s still hurting.
“Much better,” Natalia says, looking up at me with those doe eyes of hers. Damn it. I swipe a hand over my face as she takes a step closer to me. I’m still a depraved asshole, but the way she looks at me, I wonder if she might see something else. “I didn’t just miss Colt.” The words come out in a whisper just before she swallows hard and seems to realize how vulnerable she’s being. Her face flashes with haughty arrogance as she steps back from me, reaching down to pull her tank top over her head.
“Holy fuck,” Colt whispers, making the sign of the cross over his chest. “Satan take me now.”
Natalia laughs, the sound a seductive purr that turns my dick to stone. She kicks off her boots, and drops her pants and underwear without even a lick of self-conscious hesitation.
I glance toward the door, fully aware that if Hawke finds us in here, we’re going to get our asses handed to us.
It’s hard for me to give a crap, watching Natalia pull that white dress over her head. It’s a bit too small for her breasts, the full mounds straining against the buttons. As she wiggles into it, one of them pops off and goes rolling across the floor.
“Please get over here before I have to get out of this bed to grab you,” Colt purrs as Natalia turns toward him. She glances briefly my way.
“What do you think, doctor?” she asks, playing the part of naughty nurse far too well. I’m about to cream my damn pants. “Should we give him a full body examination?”
“So long as it’s quick,” I say with a sharp smile. “We don’t want to keep poor Colt up for too long. The poor thing still needs his rest. But if he can’t keep up with you, Nurse, I’m able-bodied and willing.”
“Oh, get fucked,” Colt growls, grabbing Natalia’s wrist when she gets too close to the bed. She throws his blankets off, revealing the hideous hospital gown he’s wearing underneath. “Sorry about the threads, but I wasn’t given many choices. It was either green polka dots or Mickey Mouse.”
Natalia smiles seductively as she pushes up the gown, revealing the hard length of Colt’s cock, straining toward her in desperation.