like there was a battle of wills going on between them. Who was going to be the most stubborn? The biggest asshole to the other? The meanest? I had no doubt that Beast was without a doubt the meanest, but I’d never really seen this hard side of Jenna either. We didn’t really get to work together, despite working in the same hospital.
Beast looked back at us both, his one eye staring daggers at the two of us. I knew why; this was going to hurt.
“I need pain relief,” he said.
Jenna checked the board at the end of his bed and sighed. “You’ve already had more than enough for today.”
“I need some fuckin’ pain relief!” he yelled.
Jenna huffed. “Afterwards.”
“Bitch, I’ma get out of this bed and—”
“Oh, calm yourself down before you give yourself an aneurism. You’re not getting out of this bed anytime soon. You’re going to lie there and let us bathe you, and then afterwards I’ll let your little friend outside give you some of his special medicine, but not before, and that’s all you get until tomorrow.” She placed the board back on the hook at the end of his bed and came toward him, starting to unwrap some of the bandages without waiting for his acknowledgment.
“I want some fucking pudding too,” he grumbled, and I almost laughed. His one eye narrowed in on me and I quickly hid my amusement and went to help Jenna.
“I’ll do the right side, you do the left,” she said, all business, and I nodded.
The right side of his body was covered in raised red scars that were still trying to heal. Purple bruising still shadowed most of his body too, and I soaked a sponge and gently lifted his arm up before wiping his skin down as carefully as possible.
His hairs stood on end and goose bumps formed in the wake of the sponge. “Is the water okay?” I asked, trying to make the experience as pleasant as possible for him.
He grunted a yes and I finished off his arm and moved over his hand and in between each finger before moving back up his arm to his armpit, where the scent of sweat was coming from. It should have been gross, but it was entirely masculine and strangely attractive.
Jenna pulled the thin cotton cover back from his chest and set straight to work cleaning him, and I worked on my side. He was a big guy. Built like a bodybuilder and at one time had been covered with intricate tattoos across his chest and arms. Now it was hard to work out what the designs had ever been. Between the burns and the scars and the bruises, his body was a maze of pain.
I dipped my sponge back into the water and softly wiped down his right side all the way to his hip, my eyes and hands roving over his body to make sure I cleaned him well.
“Little lower, darlin’,” he grunted as my sponge paused on his hip bone, and I realized he wasn’t wearing any underwear.
“Beast,” Jenna warned, and I blushed harder than a hooker in church. I glanced over to her and she nodded, because yes, I needed to clean all of him. Legs, butt, man bits and all.
I reached for the cover hiding his crotch from me, ready to slide it down, when he reached over and grabbed my wrist in his hand. My gaze shot to his, my eyes going wide.
“You got a good firm grip, girl?” he asked, his chest rumbling, his gaze holding me hostage.
“I uh, I guess so.” I shrugged, my knees knocking together.
“Good, because I’ve got a real big cock under there that could do with some attention from a sweetbutt like you,” he said with a lascivious laugh.
“Beast!” Jenna snapped.
“Oh!” I said in surprise as he thrust my hand down under the sheet and wrapped it around his soft girth. I quickly jerked my hand away, my cheeks burning with humiliation.
“Beast! I warned you,” Jenna tutted.
His chest rumbled with laughter and I stumbled back, not sure where to look or what to do.
“Belle, I’ll finish him off,” Jenna said.
“Now there’s an offer, but I’d much prefer her touch, Nurse,” Beast said with another sardonic laugh, even though I could see that every laugh hurt him.
“Do you see what I was telling you now?” she asked me, ignoring Beast. “Some people don’t deserve the kindness. You fix them up and send them back out. Job done.”
Beast stopped laughing now.