His Innocent Queen

Chapter 7

Berkley's POV

I walked into work Monday on cloud nine still. That kiss from Ace is still fresh in my mind and nothing could sour my mood. I went to the locker and put my things in my locker and locked it back up and walked out and in the hallway was Dr. Smith. He still looked bad. Tate had beat the hell out of him.

"Berkley, we need to talk."

"I'm not going anywhere with you," I snapped at him.

"Just down the hallway nowhere private." he said and turned and walked further down the hallway and I followed. He finally stopped far enough away that no one could hear us but they could still see us.

"What do you want, Dr. Smith?"

"I want to apologize. I was out of line and honestly I don't know what came over me."

"Thank you for your apology," I said and turned to walk away but he grabbed my arm. I was quick to jerk it away. He put both his arms up, "Wait, I need you to forgive me."

"Why? Is your ego bruised?"

"Berkley, we need to work together, and I don't want it awkward."

"Then you shouldn't have done what you did. I accept your apology, but I don't forgive you. You tried to rape me and if it wasn't for my brother and his friend you would have on the locker room floor. What the hell is wrong with guys? You all think that because of the way I dressed you can do whatever you want to me. That I wanted it. Well let me tell you that I didn't. I can still feel your hands on me and you ignoring my cries and telling you no."

"Berkley I'm so sorry. Like I said I just don't know what happened. It was like a switch in my brain was switched and I couldn't stop myself."

"Save it and we can work together like professionals, but I only want to speak to you when it's work related," I said and walked away. I went to the nurse's station and got the report and turned my work phone on. It was slow this morning. I had one patient who was waiting for a radiology picture to come back before we knew what we were going to do with them.

Most of the day went the same, only a few minor things came in and I was OK with that. I gave my report on the three patients to the nurse taking over and headed back to the locker room.

"Hey B, want to go with me to grab a few drinks," Amaya asked. She was quickly becoming a good friend from work.

"Where are you going?"

"Lucky's Bar."

"Sure, I'll go but no drinking for me and I can't stay long. I’m back on in the morning."

"Me too but I really need a beer and my BFF is working tonight and I told her I would stop by, plus they have pretty good nachos."

We left and I told her I would meet her there. I called Tony who was now behind me in his car and told him where I was headed, and he said he would follow me there and stay in the corner undetected. The bar was on the outskirts of town where it turned from the good part to the not so good part. I parked and got out and walked inside with Amaya. She showed me to the table and a cute little blonde girl came bouncing up giving Amaya a hug.

"Hey this is Berkley from work, and this is Cynthia," she said introducing us.

"Hey, what can I get you to drink?"

"Just water and Amaya here says you have the best nachos."

"We do, I will get started on those," she said and then heard a giant crash and she groaned, "sorry new girl is struggling. Not sure if she is going to make it." she said and hurried off.

"She seems nice and busy," I said to Amaya.

"She is. She owns the bar and works her ass off for it. It struggles but is doing better. Anyway Dr. Smith has been off for a week now and today was his first day back, did you see him?"

"Yes." I knew this would come up. I wasn't sure what to tell her. I didn't want to tell her I knew why he looked the way he did.

"I wonder what happened. I mean I know someone beat the hell out of him but why? I mean he is always so nice and calm."

"Who knows. People are different at work."

"So how did your date go the other night?"

"I told you about that?"

"Girl, you talked all week about it last week. So how is Mr. Hotty?"

"A total ass wipe. Dinner was great and the conversation was easy but afterwards he expected me to thank him privately."

"Gross. Why are guys like that? I once went out with a guy who wanted me to crawl under the table to thank him right then and there."

"Please tell me that you didn't?"

"God no but most men are assholes and think they deserve a piece of us after one date."

I started to say something when someone else brought my water and a beer to Amaya. She about dropped them on the table and before apologizing and placing them down.

We sat and visited for two hours and ate our nachos. They were really good. I finally called it a night and went home. I crawled into bed with Ace's smile in my dreams. When I woke up the next morning it was with a smile on my face. I dreamt of him all night and I was so excited for Thursday night. It couldn’t come quick enough.

The week flew by and now it was Thursday, and I was walking into our morning breakfast with the girls. We meet at least once a week if not more. It really depends on my work schedule.

"Good morning," Ellie said happily and Mila wasn't here yet.

"Good morning. Where's Mila?"

"Who knows? She has been all over the place lately. I know her and Branden have been on again at the moment."

"No, I kicked him out last night," she said plopping down beside me.

"Why now?"

"Because that asshole thought he could invite another person over without asking me."

"Wait like to your house to hang out or to well," I asked.

"Ya, another girl. I mean don't get me wrong I'm down to try anything once and that is actually on my bucket list, but you can't just go inviting random girls to my house. It pissed me off, so I kicked him out and told him not to call me again."

"I give it a week before you call him," Ellie said.

"Nope, not happening. I'm done with him."

"You've been saying that for a while now and you always go back to him."

"I know. I have an addiction to his d**k and god don't even get me started on his tongue. The things this man can do."

"I beg you to stop that sentence right now," I told her and I know my face is red. I blush so easily over these things.

"Maybe I should let you go out with him a few times. He's a gentleman until you get him naked and then he is all alpha-male and oh my god yes. Let me set you two up on a date." Mila asked, getting excited.

"No. I'm sorry but I'm not dating someone that you have been with."

"Well stay away from Reign then."

"Ewe, no." I said in disgust.

"What, he's a lot of fun but it ran out fast."

"Are you sure about that?" Ellie asked.

"OK maybe not but just saying, if you don't want something I haven't been with don't go to Reign."

"I wouldn't do that anyways."

"We know. You have a hard on for Ace which I find funny because that's his twin brother."

"I don't have a hard on for him and they look nothing alike for twins."

"So, Cole was an ass, who's next on the dating app?" Ellie asked.

"No one."

"What? Why not?"

"I just don't think I'm cut out for a dating app. I'm a little more old fashioned and want to meet someone and not on an app." I tell them and leave out the part about my date with Ace tonight. I wasn't ready to share that bit of information with them.

We finished our breakfast and said our goodbyes and went our separate ways. I went home and did a little housework and then looked at houses online. I had gotten pre approved and now I could start looking although I'm not sure why I'm taking out a loan because I had more than enough in my account to pay cash now. I hadn't touched any of the money. For some reason it felt wrong to use it. I didn't do anything to earn it and I know how our father earned it and it was just dirty.

I had finally killed enough time that I could get ready. I got in the shower and washed my hair letting the conditioner soak in while I shaved every part of my body. I wasn't sure why I was even doing that because it's not like I was going to sleep with him tonight, but it made me feel sexy and confident. Getting out I wrapped my hair in a towel and walked to my closet. I grabbed a pair of matching underwear and a bra. He said to wear jeans. I went through my dresser and found my favorite pair of ripped skinny jeans and dug through my shirts until I found a black crop top that I loved.

I kept everything simple. Light make up and straightened out my hair. I had about twenty minutes before he was supposed to be here. I went and wiped down my counters in the kitchen again, but someone started knocking on my door. I slowly made my way to the door trying not to seem too excited but the butterflies in my stomach were taking over.

I opened the door and my god this man looked better than I had ever thought possible. He had on a pair of dark blue jeans and a black T-shirt that was tight against his entire body. I really wanted nothing more than to slide my hands up under and feel the muscles under my hands. I had never thought of a man like that, and he was making me feel things I've never felt before. This wasn't a good sign. I knew right here that I was going to fall hard for this man.

"You look great," he said, stepping into my doorway.

"As do you. So where are we going?" I asked him.

"You'll see but you're going to need this," he said, holding out a leather jacket.

"Why do I need that?"

"Come on I will show you." he said with a smirk, and I grabbed my purse and locked my house. I looked around and saw that Tony was gone. I'm sure that Ace had something to do with that.

We stepped out the doors and there sat a motorcycle and two helmets.

"I'm not getting on that."

"Oh, come on. Trust me. Wear this and I promise to go slow, and you can hold on as tight as you need."

I threw caution to the wind and put on the helmet after I handed my purse to Ace. He placed it somewhere on the motorcycle and then made sure my helmet was done up tight and then put his on and got on the bike helping me on.

"Can you hear me?"

"Yes."

"Great wrap your arms around me and also use your legs. Tighten them when you need to and if I lean you lean too.