Chapter 20 - Growing Frustration

"Jessica, don't be impulsive when it comes to this thing." he swallowed a lump that formed in his throat.

He felt ashamed of how hypocritical he is. He was telling Jess not to be impulsive when in reality something that had been asleep on his crotch area woke up the moment Jess told him to remove her clothes.

"Hurry up, please!" she begged him, stomping her foot on the tiled floor.

In a matter of just two long strides, Noah reached the restroom door, he used all the control he had on him not to grab Jess and push her inside the bathroom, and take her there and then.

He was about to ask her once again if she is certain of her decision when she turned her back on him. She wasn't wearing her lab coat anymore.

"Zip me down," she ordered him.

Noah blinked his eyes in confusion. In his lust-clouded brain, he has an idea that there is something wrong with the current situation but he couldn't put his finger on it. It's difficult to think when he was thinking with his head below his waist.

"Tiefenbacher, I'm begging you! Hurry up! I'm about to pee," she said, about to cry in embarrassment.

"W-what?"

"I can't zip down my dress, my hand is too painful. So, please, could you do it for me," she mumbled under her breath. She doesn't think she could face him after this.

Noah felt his face flushed in embarrassment when he realized why Jess was asking him to take off her clothes. The poor girl can't do it on her own because of her wound! And here he is thinking undesirable thoughts about her.

His lust wilted like a balloon lost its air. He gave himself a mental kick, as he slowly zips down the zipper of her dress. He observes the base of her neck was also flushed due to embarrassment.

Despite the situation, the deep curve on the base of her neck still caught his eyes. It looks so sexy, he wondered how would it feels if he would bury his face on it and inhale her scent.

"Ugh, all done," he said trying to hide his desire over a fake cough.

She murmured a thank you and ran back to the bathroom stall, catching her dress on her chest.

"It's a night worth remembering," he softly whispered as he closed the bathroom door and leaned on it.

"Jess, I'm just outside if you need help to zip up your dress." he hollered from outside the door. He softly chuckled thinking how she would squirm with uneasiness with the thought that she has to ask for his help again.

Noah suddenly feeling like a naughty teenager, getting excited with the idea of seeing her bareback and the base of her neck once again. Especially the curve of her neck. It was hella sexy!

She heard Noah yelling in front of the bathroom door about helping her zip up her dress. She cradled both her cheeks on her palms, that even without looking in the mirror she knew how bright red they are. Her face heated up in embarrassment.

She wanted to kick herself, why does it have to happen today. She sighed in frustration, questioning the humor of the effing universe. Letting this shit happened when she was wearing only a nipple patch!

How in the world is she going back to Noah, exposing her naked back to have him zip up her dress. She was done peeing, but she doesn't feel like standing up from the toilet bowl. If only she could also flush herself in the toilet.

She literally wanted to die in embarrassment! 'I badly need some wine.' She stood up slowly and fixed her dress as close to her body as possible. She was able to pull up a bit of the zipper of her dress biting her lips and ignoring the pain in her right palm.

Tears formed at the corner of her eyes as she did a breathing exercise, inhaling and exhaling deep breaths to control the pain, but in the end, she gave up! She is not good with pain. She would just rather ask for Noah's help and die without her pride.

She grabbed her lab coat on top of the lavatory counter on her way out of the toilet. She opened the door slowly and peek outside if Noah was indeed waiting for her.

And he is! He was leaning on the wall with his arms crossed in front of his broad chest, waiting for her.

"Would you mind zipping up my dress, please," she said in a small voice, averting her gaze.

He stepped away from the wall and walked nonchalantly to her, without a word zipped her dress up in one swift motion.

Jess wondered how many dresses Noah has taken off to be this skillful with his way around women's clothes.

"Thank you." She timidly said her thanks, quickly wore her lab coat as soon as Noah's done zipping up her dress. She moved too fast, she flinched when pain shot up on her palm again.

"You're welcome. Be careful with your hand," he said in a tone tinged with worry and annoyance. "I'm not going to bite you, you know."

"Sorry."

Noah blew an air of frustration. He's not gonna deny the fact that he was looking forward to ogling at her back again, but seeing her discomfort about asking for help, he is not a perverted bastard to take advantage of the situation.

He was irritated to see Jess being uneasy around him.

"Let's finish your task so we could go home." he walked ahead of her.

She couldn't help but feel guilty when Noah walked annoyed a few steps in front of her. It wasn't his fault that she was uncomfortable next to him. It was her own fault.

She cannot tell him she has difficulty breathing when she can smell his scent!

She sighed in frustration. Just like she can't tell him that they had slept together in the past, she can't simply tell him today that her uneasiness was due to the fact that she is sexually attracted to him