A Surgeon with a Secret by Alison Roberts

Author:Alison Roberts [Roberts, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-11-06T14:44:07+00:00

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The rain had set in by early afternoon.

Lady Josephine looked as tired as Flick was feeling and she was in a very strange mood. Even one of her cutting comments would be preferable to the awful silence that filled the room as Flick went through the routine of checking and recording vital sign measurements. With the weather making the room as dingy and dismal as the atmosphere, it was obvious that something had to be done.

‘Would you like me to bring you up some afternoon tea? And light the fire, perhaps?’ Oh, that suggestion might not have been the best. It reminded Flick instantly of lighting the fire in Lachlan’s room last night. And everything that had followed...

She cleared her throat. ‘It’s a bit of a dull afternoon, isn’t it?’ she added hastily.

Lady Josephine snorted. ‘I thought it was a uniquely English attribute to resort to talking about the weather to avoid anything more awkward.’

Something in her tone suggested that she would rather be talking about the awkward things and Flick hesitated only a moment before putting both of her suggestions into action. Carrying the tray up from the kitchen a short time later, she was confident she was doing the right thing. Okay, the family’s private business was not something she should get into, but it was affecting her patient enough to have potentially serious consequences—like that asthma attack yesterday—so, if Lady Josephine wanted to talk, it was actually part of Flick’s job to listen.

Preferably without judgement, she reminded herself as she poured the tea and buttered one of Mrs Tillman’s excellent cheese scones, although that might prove difficult. This involved Lachlan, after all, and she had shared his heartbreak yesterday in a way that made her far more involved than was strictly professional.

Professional boundaries didn’t seem to be concerning Lady Josephine, either.

‘I’ve been thinking,’ she announced as Flick offered her the milk jug. ‘You’re about the size I used to be at your age. I’m too scrawny now, of course.’

‘For what?’

‘To wear my dresses.’ Lady Josephine took a sip of her tea but pushed the plate with the scone aside, before looking up at Flick. ‘You don’t need to look so shocked. I’m not suggesting some kind of macabre fashion show. I just thought...if you wore a dress for your next lesson, it might make a difference. You might understand what it is about dancing that’s so...wonderful...’

‘My next lesson?’ It had been the last thing on Flick’s mind today.

‘You’re not giving up already, are you? I’d thought better of you than that.’

‘No, I’m not giving up.’

Yet. There had been an errant thought in the back of her head, however, that her position here might not be tenable after what had happened last night. Oh...and there it was again...that rush of sensation that was her body announcing that it was properly coming back to life again. Like pins and needles in your foot after it had gone to sleep, only this was less painful and far more pleasurable.

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