“You don’t mean that,” the man said.
Wyatt was losing his patience and took a step forward. “I think she does mean it, but maybe I need to make it clearer for you.”
The man’s eyes went to Wyatt’s badge that was hanging around his neck. “You’re a doctor. That’s famous. Now I understand more.”
“What do you understand, Spencer?” she asked.
“That you are after doctors. You’re one of them. Those nurses who just want a doctor. You didn’t believe I loved you and you left without letting me explain it. Without letting me convince you. Now you’ve moved on and that is why you won’t give me a chance.”
“Wyatt, let’s go.”
“No,” he said. “You go in, but your ex and I are going to have a coming to Jesus talk.”
“No, you aren’t,” she said, grabbing his arm. “It’s not worth it. He’s not worth it.” She started to pull him. “Spencer, leave. I’m calling security when we get in there. You might want to be gone or I’ll have them call the police for harassment.”
Once they were in the building, he pulled her to his office and then shut the door. “What the hell was that?”
“I’m going to be late,” she said. “I need to clock in.”
“Tell me what is going on now!”
He guessed Scott hadn’t made it up, but the bigger question was why Adriana hadn’t told him about this. That the guy followed her from California. That he wasn’t taking no for an answer.
“It’s what you assumed. That’s my ex. I told you he was married and when I found out I ended it. I left because he wouldn’t leave me alone. He wasn’t violent or threatening, but it was making me uncomfortable.”
“You were wise to leave. I wish I knew more. I wish you’d told me all of this. But you didn’t seem surprised to see him here today either. Why?”
Her shoulders dropped. “He was waiting for me last night in the parking lot. We had some words and I thought it was done.”
“Why didn’t you tell me last night?” he asked.
“Because I thought I had it handled.”
“Yeah, well, I guess you didn’t,” he said wondering what else about her he didn’t know.
“Wyatt. I’ve got to leave. We’ve got surgeries to take care of. Can we talk about this tonight?”
He wanted to say fuck his job, but he couldn’t. People were depending on him. “You’re going to talk tonight? You’re not going to make some excuse not to?”
“I want to say that hurts, but I understand why you asked it. No. We can go back to your place and talk.”
“Fine. Go punch in.”
He watched her leave and then picked up his phone and made a call. For once in his life, his career that he put before everything else was going to wait. Maybe he found out what the most important thing was to focus on.
“McKinley.”
“Travis, it’s Wyatt. I need a favor.”
“Shoot.”
He gave his cousin Ella’s husband, who owned a security firm, everything he knew about the guy, which wasn’t much other than his first name, he was a doctor by the accusation, and that he might have practiced at the same facility as Adriana’s last job. “Can you tell me where he is staying? It’s Adriana’s ex and he showed up and confronted her today. I want to have a few words with him but am not sure where he might be.”
“Give me a few hours and I’ll hit you back.”
“Thanks.” He looked at his schedule quick. “I should be out of surgery around two.” Before Adriana would be done for the day, but she wouldn’t know that.
Somehow Wyatt got through the few surgeries he’d had scheduled and pushed everything with Adriana from his mind. He had to. He had no choice.
The patient came first when he was in that room. Always.
The outside world couldn’t exist.
Lives depended on it.
But the minute his last patient was out of surgery and in recovery, he didn’t even bother to shower. Travis had come through and found the hotel Spencer Rymes was staying at. Dr. Spencer Rymes. His guess was right and that was another thing he was going to address with Adriana tonight.
He drove to the hotel and knocked. As much as he was hoping the guy had checked out and left town, something was telling him that might not be the case.
And it wasn’t when Spencer opened the door, Wyatt just pushing himself in there and shutting the door behind him.
He had no thought of anything other than making sure this guy knew to get the hell away from his woman.
“I don’t know why you thought you could come here, but you’re going to leave and never contact Adriana again.”
Spencer looked up. He was much smaller in stature and build than Wyatt. He was a primary care physician with an office out of the hospital. It seemed Adriana and he would have never crossed paths in her job so they had to have met another way.
“She made it very clear she wants someone better than me,” Spencer said. “I should have realized all along it was a game to her.”
He wasn’t addressing Spencer’s opinion of Adriana. “I think she made it clear she doesn’t want you. Whether it’s me or a homeless man on the street doesn’t matter. It’s not you.”
“I have a flight out of town tomorrow. There is no reason you need to see me out,” Spencer said.
“I found you. She didn’t tell me your name. She didn’t tell me where you were. She doesn’t care enough. But just know I was able to find you in a few hours by your first name alone. There isn’t a hole you can hide in that I won’t find you if I hear you’ve tried to contact Adriana again. Do I make
