Raising Hell MC: His Darkest Desire

Chapter 6: The Caretaker

I groan as I finally wake up out of a deep sleep. I know I didn’t rest for s**t last night as my head pounds and I try to roll over away from the morning sun. I blink against some light flooding through closed blinds as I start to take in my surroundings.

Where the f**k am I?!

I try to roll over, but can’t. Is that a wall!? Am I on a twin bed!?

I sigh and rub my eyes firmly. As they adjust to the morning light, I am finally able to see where I am. I am not at home. I am not in Nikki’s guest bedroom. I am somewhere foreign to me and my heart instantly starts to race. I freak out and try to sit up, but a large, heavy arm is thrown over my waist. I swallow hard and look down at the arm and freeze.

I’m not in my scrubs… I’m in someone’s t-shirt without a bra on. Oh s**t!! Did that guy rape me!?!

I start to panic and push against the arm.

“Sam,” I hear a deep voice whisper. A shiver starts at the base of my neck where I feel his breath.“Sam, you’re safe…”

My head snaps around and I see the hazel eyes of none other than Austin Blackwood. The medical power of attorney of my patient from last night.

My mind races as I search his eyes. I look down and realize he still has on a shirt. I pant and squirm in his arms. “Let me go…”

He instantly releases me and I tumble to the floor out of the queen size bed. He huffs and moves to the edge of the bed with a smirk. I pant and look up at him as I take inventory of everything I know.

I left the hospital with Nikki. Nikki left with some stranger, but she will be alright. There was a guy that was there after Nikki left. He admitted to slipping something into my drink…

My memories stop.

I swallow hard as I snap my eyes up to Austin’s face. I furrow my brow as I look down at myself. I am wearing a black t-shirt that swallows me whole. My scrubs are discarded on the floor near the bed along with my shoes. I look back up at Austin and sigh heavily.

“Did we…?” I point between us in a suggestive manner.

He smirks and shakes his head. “No… I wouldn’t have even stayed in this bed with you last night, but you asked and you wouldn’t take no for an answer.”

I swallow hard and pant softly. I take in his appearance. Disheveled hair, rumpled t-shirt, and I see the hint of boxers at his hips. He’s completely dressed and I don’t feel sore like someone who has been raped.

“What happened? Last night, I mean.”

Austin rolls onto his back with a groan and tosses a large hand onto his chest. “Do you want the long or the short version?”

I frown and crawl out of the floor as I look around the room. There is the bed pushed against the wall, a large desk with a leather desk chair on the other side, and a mini fridge that sits next to a few filing cabinets.

“I guess the long version? I don’t know… Just, tell me everything I need to know or should know.”

He sighs and nods his head. He sits up and props his back against the wall. He pats the spot I just fell out of and smirks. “Take a seat and let’s chat then.”

I sigh and nod my head as I crawl back on top of the mattress. He adjusts himself next to me to make more room for me before he starts. “Look, I only know what I saw last night and it wasn’t pretty. I walked into the bar to get a drink after everything that I had to deal with. When I got there, I scanned the bar and saw you and some douche canoe at the far side of the bar. Really, I saw my lead bar tender with a pissed off look on her face and that was enough to have me on high alert. I took in the scene and made a swift decision to intervene. When I got over there, you asked him to stop and the bastard kept pushing and I snatched his ass up and shoved him off of you.”

I sigh and nod my head. “He told me he put something in my drink…”

Austin nods his head firmly as a scowl takes over his handsome face. “Yeah… I’m taking care of that s**t. He’s been banned from my bar and all of my establishments and his father has been fired from my company as of Monday.”

I raise my eyebrows in surprise. “Wait… You own the bar we were in?!”

Austin smirks and nods his head slowly. “You mean the bar we are still in? Yeah. I also own about ten different restaurants around the city and I am the CEO and owner of Blackwood Enterprise. We mainly deal in technology, but we also have our hands in things like pharmacology production, research, and construction.”

I swallow hard and nod my head slowly. “Wow… And here I am just a lowly ole trauma nurse.”

“Hey, don’t say that… You’re selling yourself short,” he says softly. “Besides, I know damn well nobody else could do your job half as well as you do.”

I roll my eyes. “There are hundreds of nurses in this city alone who could do my job half as well if not better.”

He shakes his head. “Oh, so are you telling me all of these other nurses would straddle a dead man and perform CPR on him as soon as he rolled through the doors? Are you telling me these other nurses would literally attack a rape victim’s assalient to save her life?”

I swallow hard. “I mean–”

“No, they wouldn’t… Not many people would do what I saw you do last night, even in their wildest dreams. You’re more than just a nurse Sam. Don’t forget it and don’t keep putting yourself down like that. You’re highly intelligent, you’re brave, and quite frankly, you are the sexiest damn woman I have ever laid eyes on.”

I smirk softly and shake my head slowly. “Well… Uhm, thank you. You know… For all that… Uhm, and thank you for rescuing me last night and thank you for giving me a safe place to sleep.”

I move to stand up and gather my things. Austin furrows his brow and grabs me by the hand. “Woah, hey, you aren’t leaving just yet, are you? I mean… Uhm… Aren’t you off?”

I quirk an eyebrow at him and c**k my head to the side. “I am…How did you know?”

He chuckles. “I have my ways… Look, I know it seems weird, but just stay for a little bit. Maybe hang out, shoot the bull, catch up on some sleep, or whatever you want to do.”

I giggle and shake my head slowly.

“Catch up on some sleep, huh?” I smirk and move closer to him as I eye him closely. “Mr. Blackwood, if I stay I highly doubt I will be catching up on my sleep.”

I run my eyes down his body quickly before locking my moss green eyes back to his hazel eyes.

He chuckles darkly with a heavy smirk. “Oh yeah? What did you have in mind, baby girl?”

I don’t know why, but his words made my stomach flutter, my legs turn to jelly, and heat pool between my thighs all at once. Thank God I was still wearing panties, but if I had my way, it wouldn’t be that way for too long…