A Good Man by Rosanna Leo

Author:Rosanna Leo [Leo, Rosanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Erotic Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group
Published: 2020-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“I think you should get a second opinion.” Emily piled a second blanket on Michael as he sat on her loveseat. “Didn’t they run any tests at the hospital?”

“Blood work. That’s it.” He set the blankets to the side. One more blanket and he would drown in flannel. “I’m not cold, Em.”

She touched his forehead for the third time since they’d gotten to her condo. “You feel a little cold to me. How about a heating pad?”

Maybe he felt a slight chill, but all the heating pads and pillows and blankets in the world wouldn’t change the fact all he really needed was to sink into the warmth of her sweet body. “I don’t need a heating pad. Stop fussing. I’m really fine.”

“I can’t believe they didn’t find anything wrong with you.”

“Would you prefer something was wrong with me?”

“No, of course not, but you almost collapsed.”

“I’m better now. I promise. If you keep worrying, you’ll make yourself sick.”

“But the consultation barely lasted minutes. They rushed you. I’m convinced of it.” She narrowed her eyes. “You did tell them everything, right? I hope you didn’t leave out any details of your symptoms that might help the doctor make a diagnosis.”

He may have glossed over one or two details, but he hardly believed the Emergency Room doctor needed to know what he’d eaten for breakfast last week and whether he’d had all his childhood vaccinations. “The doctor did what he needed to do and couldn’t find anything wrong with me. I’m as strong as an ox.”

Michael couldn’t deny it felt good to spy the concern in Emily’s green eyes, although he didn’t like seeing her fret. It was nice to know she cared enough to keep him company through the night, even if he didn’t need it.

He just wished he hadn’t given her a reason to worry. The flashbacks and headaches had always been upsetting, but never bad enough to distract him from work or play. Since Lacey had told him of the network’s plan to persuade the daycare families to appear on Handymen, however, his pulse had begun to race. The letter from the Toronto Police Service had exacerbated his sense of helplessness. The aura of foreboding that always hung in the distance seemed to be closing in on him.

“At least you seem better now. I can make you a chamomile tea or some chicken soup. I am the soup lady, after all. At any given time, I have ten soups ready to go.”

“Sit down, Em. If I decide I need soup, you’ll be the first to know.”

She sat opposite him in one of her grandmother’s Queen Anne chairs. “Okay. I’ll stop fussing. You have color in your cheeks again.”

“I feel ridiculous. I can’t believe I spaced out in front of everyone. I’ve never done that.”

“Your brothers are worried.”

“They don’t need to worry.”

“Okay then. I’m worried.”

Her comment lit the fuse on the cannons of his heart. Somewhere deep inside him, a twenty-one-gun salute began to hiss and explode. “Please, don’t. I wish I’d been able to show you a good time tonight.

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