Fresh Start (jax teller)

Chapter 17

As soon as I pull in the parking lot, I see Tara.

"Tara, got a minute?" I ask her. She walks over to me.

"I'm sorry about Jax. I know it's interfering with your marriage."

"That's nice to hear."

"I'm not some whore that goes after married men. I just feel safe with him around."

"I get that." She said. "I'm not usually jealous but he has a thing for you. That's why I get worried." I knew that she was right but I could never tell her that we almost kissed.

"Well you don't have to worry from my end."

"Thanks." She said and walked away.

Several Weeks Later

Things at work are going great. I'm picking up a lot of shifts, keeping myself busy. I also traded in my car for a Chrysler 300 s. I didn't feel safe driving my Mercedes knowing that Christian is able to break in. I haven't heard from him or Stacy. I finally feel as if my life is going normal. I also haven't spoken to Jax in weeks. He hasn't made an effort to talk to me either. Looks like he worked things out with Tara.

I come home from work really exhausted and crash on the living room couch. I hear a knock on the door and open it. It was Christian.

As soon as I open it I look at him. His face still beat up form Jax, but he seemed stable.

"I know you don't wanna see me but I just came to apologize for our behavior. We're moving far from here and Stacy didn't have the heart to tell you so she sent me. We won't bother you again."

"Okay" was all that was able to come out of my mouth. I felt quite a relief, not that things were okay but that I felt some sort of closure I guess. I knew deep down I was always going to care for him as a person since I was with him for 7 years. After seeing him and Stacy together, it kind of made me sick, that love and in loveness I felt for him all these years just vanished away. Sometimes you need closure to move on. Besides, Christian was my rebound. The real man I was in love with is still out there somewhere. Jax reminds me of him, a lot. Is that why I like Jax? Because I see someone else in him? Or do I just like Jax? I don't really think it matters at this point. Doesn't seem like Jax and Tara are going to breakup anytime soon. Besides, I don't want a man that I snatched from someone else.

At the hospital, Tara and I have been spending some time together, not intentionally. We've been getting the same patients so we get the same surgeries. As an anesthesiologist, I still get to meet the patients and their family, I introduce myself and let them know what my job is and guide them through the process and answer any questions they may have.

"This patient is a hot billionaire" one of the nurses told me as we walked over to their room.

"Thanks for letting me know." I walk in with the nurse and one of the surgeons.

"Hello Mr. Grey, nice to see you again."

"Hello."

"Mr. Grey this is Dr. Swatretchvi that flew in from Seattle as per your request to perform your surgery."

"Hello Christian nice to see you again."

"Dr. Swatretchvi how do you do. And who's this?"

"I'm Dr. Flores, I'll be handling the anesthetic part of your surgery."

"Excellent." He said emotionless. He would not stop looking straight at me, almost as if he was observing me.

"Well Mr. Grey sit tight and we will be back soon to prepare you for surgery." The nurse told him. I started walking away.

"Wait!" Nurse Jensen stooped me.

"Marilyn did you see how he would not stop starting at you?!"

"I did I caught on."

"What if he asks you out on a date? He's a billionaire he owns his own company in Seattle."

"I can't, I'm his Doctor."

"So? He's a multi billionaire. I don't think those rules apply."

"I guess you're right."

"You don't seem too excited"

"I'm not gonna get my hopes up. Maybe he was studying me so his people can do a background check before I scrub in the surgery."

"Maybe." She said and left with the other nurses. Looks like most nurses were becoming aware of who he was, and were visiting his room. I went back to my office for a bit.

*Ring Ring*

My office phone rang.

"Hello this is Dr. Flores"

"Good afternoon Dr. Flores. I'm here to inform you that patient 56 Mr. Christian Grey has informed us that he would prefer if you did not participate in any way in his surgery. Dr. Jenner will instead partake. Thank you." Why? I could not believe this. I also could not just storm in and demand answers. I stepped out of my office and paged Tara so I can ask her.
"Tara."

"You paged?"

"Yes um it's not an emergency I just have a concern with a patient."

"What's going on?"

"I don't know if you've heard but Christian Grey is here, he's like some sort of billionaire. Anyway I was supposed to scrub in, and he canceled me completely from participating. Is that bad?"

"No I don't think so. Maybe he has his preference. You can ask him, it should be fine. Excuse me." She said and left. I decided to go up to his floor and ask.

When I get there, the room was already empty and he was already in surgery. Dammit. Now I have to wait until the surgery ends.