Pepperwood was starting to get antsy. He had done the crossword puzzle and watched the news on the TV. Everything was focused on this chemical fire. They interviewed the managers that helped people escape the blaze and lawyers representing the Highland family dynasty that were currently flying down from New York to check on the clean-up process. He heard the keys in the door and sat upright.
Jessica walked into the apartment carrying a grocery bag and some file folders.
"Hey Boss, how are you doing?"
"Never been better. Well, I have been better but I'm doing pretty good."
He walked over to the kitchen to help her unpack the groceries and was disappointed to see so many vegetables and fruit. He had been hoping to see some real food in those bags as he was famished.
Pepperwood had a towel wrapped around his waist since he had no clothes to put on. He assumed she had cut them off and thrown them away last night. He didn't actually know what had happened. She must have gotten quite an eyeful he chuckled to himself.
Jessica took her magic bag and pulled out some sweatpants and t-shirts for Pepperwood. "This is all I could find at your place Boss. I cleaned up a bit too knowing you weren't gonna be there for a few days."
He perked up thinking that he got to be near her for what she was now calling days. He was definitely hoping to see that sexy nurse come back.
"Now, go lay down on the sofa, I need to check your stitches."
He followed her instructions realizing that the effort of standing in the kitchen was now making him feel woozy. Laying back down on her pillow couch he quickly began to feel the need for sleep.
"Doll, you think we can do this later, I'm suddenly kinda tired." He drifted off before he heard her answer.
He woke to her wearing the white dress again without the hat. Her hair was down out of its usual bun, cascading over her gorgeous pale mounds still barely staying under the fabric of her dress.
Her face was close to his thigh as she carefully examined the tiny stitches she had sewn the night before.
Focusing on the stretch of the fabric and the hopes for a glimpse of nipple he managed to say "Think I'm gonna live nurse?"
"Mr. Pepperwood, I am concerned that your wound is not draining correctly. We might have to put you in a salt bath soon."
"That sounds nice, sweetheart. A nice bubble bath. Especially if you joined me in case I slip or something" he winked and grinned. Julius Pepperwood was funny, that he knew.
He laid his head back on the couch and felt her hands wrapping his leg tightly with bandages. Occasionally he could feel her knuckles graze his balls. A few moans escaped his mouth he was sure she didn't hear. He was back at half mast and back to snoring loudly on the couch.
He awoke to the smell of food cooking and the view of Jessica Knight sitting primly at the table looking over papers. She had let her hair down and was wearing an apron with colorful fruits. Her glasses had fallen down her nose and she would push them up occasionally. Man, she was quite a good looking dame he thought.
"Hi boss. I made us some dinner. Liver and onions for you."
"What the hell woman, why would you make me that!"
"You lost a lot of blood yesterday and you need iron."
"I haven't eaten that since I was wet behind the ears."
"Well, you're gonna eat it tonight!"
He shook his head slightly realizing she made him kind of nervous sometimes when she spoke to him like that.
He got up wearing his sweatpants and a clean shirt wondering when he had changed into them. He sat at the table as she slid over a folder to him.
"Hey, you got a beer in that fridge of yours for me?"
"No, you cannot drink alcohol with the antibiotics I gave you this morning."
"Oh dear god. How long am I on those horse pills?"
"Ten days."
He hit the table with his fist. This was gonna be a long ten days.
"Boss, you need to read that." Getting up herself she fiddled at the stove and came back with a plate of food consisting of a steak, potatoes and a salad.
"That doesn't look like liver Ms. Knight."
"I was kidding Julius. It's a Tbone."
"Now that's a dinner!"
He hungrily devoured his dinner smacking his lips as he chewed. Jessica ate a salad with a piece of bread. He shook his head wondering how she walked on those gams with only some vegetables in her.
Feeling better from the food he opened the folder she had given him. Inside were the photos he had taken at the stakeout yesterday of the sleezeball who got away. There were more pictures of wealthy familes from weddings announced in the newspaper.
"I can't concentrate on this. What are you trying to show me?"
"You don't recognize the man in the photos?
Sometimes she would look at him and cock her head sideways as if she was trying to understand him. She did that now. Leaning over the table, she put her cool hand on his forehead. He blinked hard at how the touch instantly put his body on high alert.
"OK, that was enough talking for the night. Off to the couch you go again."
"What are you talking about, I'm fine" he waved her off.
"I said get on the couch."
He didn't have the energy to say anything back. Instead he got up and suddenly felt faint. She caught him as his knees buckled and she yelled loudly into his ear "Julius."
He pepped up at her voice and grabbed his nuts to make sure they were still there. Legs straightened he let her walk him over to the couch where he fell onto it. She lifted his legs up and tucked a blanket around him. He could smell her. It made him wish he had a cookie.
