I Do The Boss: Billionaire Romance (Managing the Bosses Book 5) by Lexy Timms Page B

which is quite expected, but we don't want to cause the heart to pump any more blood than necessary until we get him patched up." He patted her back. "I think it's going to be okay. Just hang in there. Alex Reid is a fighter. I’ve read the papers. He’s tough."
    The raced through the city as Jamie tried to keep herself together. Had she been alone, she would have been an absolute mess of sobs and tears. There was no room for that in the small box they were being tossed around in.
    "We're two minutes from the hospital. Jump out the minute we stop the truck and open the door. You'll need to stand back and when the doctors are through working on him, they'll come get you."
    The other EMS barked something, and Jamie shifted back as Alex let out a long groan and convulsed.
    "Oh shit," she murmured and pressed her fingers to her mouth.
    "We're here. Out. Now!" the first guy yelled at her, and she half fell out of the truck, but stumbled backwards to clear the space for them. They pulled Alex out of the back and ran full speed toward the hospital as Jamie tried to collect herself.
    Everything was happening so quickly and yet somehow it all felt in slow motion at the same time.
    "Please don't let anything happen to him. Please." She walked into the ER and stopped at the front, waiting for the attendant to look her way. Impatience should have swelled within her, but she couldn't seem to force anything around the numbness of her current situation.
    "Yes, ma'am?"
    "My fiancé just came in from a gunshot wound. Do I need to do anything?" she mumbled as tears continued to streak her cheeks.
    "Alex Reid?”
    Jamie nodded.
    “Just have a seat, and we'll have you do paperwork in a little bit when things calm down for you." The woman's face softened just a little bit, and the kindness in her expression caused Jamie's façade to slip a little more.
    "Okay, thanks." She turned and walked back out into the mid-morning weather, pressing her hands to her face and letting out a long sob.
    Strong arms wrapped around her, and Mark's voice filled her ears. "Is he okay? What's going on, Jamie?"
    She nodded. "I th-think so. Just gimme a minute."
    "Take as long as you need." He held her as she let herself go, crying hard and long at the thought of not having Alex with her forever. The chance of him pulling through was good, but it didn't matter. The idea of losing him, especially for something that was all her fault was damning to her spirit. "Let's go inside and sit down. They'll take good care of him."
    Mark was trying hard to remain calm from what Jamie could tell, but the worry showed on his face, in the tight lines of his smile and narrowing of his eyes. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders as they walked back into the waiting room. The place was buzzing with activity, which couldn't be a good thing. "Did they say anything at all? Where was he hit?" Mark sat down beside her, not letting go of her shoulders until she pulled away from him.
    "In his chest on the right side. I'm so glad it wasn't on the left." She shuddered at the thought. "It's a waiting game now.” She shuddered and the image of Stephen full of hate flashed in her head. The horrible look on Alex’s face as he fell. She teared up again. “I just wish I’d stopped Alex. Or it was me."
    “Jamie! Don’t say that!” Mark pulled her tight. “We wish it was no one.”
    She burst into another bout of tears.
    He pulled her tight and held her until the sobs subsided into a trickle. "Just lean back and relax as best you can,” he said quietly, “The best surgeons in the city work here, and Alex is well-known. Even though that shouldn't matter, believe me, it does."
    She leaned back and closed her eyes, trying to slow her racing heart. He would be okay.
    He had to be.
     
    * 
     
    "Miss Connors?" A young nurse stopped in front of her and Mark.
    Jamie jumped up. "That's me."
    "Mr. Reid is asking for you." The girl smiled. "He's doing much better."
    "Thank goodness." Jamie glanced