A Nurse, a Surgeon, a Christmas Engagement by Allie Kincheloe

Author:Allie Kincheloe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-09-08T17:58:20+00:00

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With Dex so close, still cupping her cheek gently, his hand warm and perfect against her skin, Lena did the only thing she could do. She leaned forward and pressed her lips to his. Unlike the kisses at the rest stop that were hungry and carried a sort of desperation, this kiss was gentle and comforting.

His lips moved over hers slowly, sensually. Each movement a caress. His thumb grazed her cheekbone as he moved it over her skin, mimicking the movements of his lips.

Lena sighed as she relaxed into his embrace.

A throat clearing in the doorway pulled them apart and Lena’s cheeks heated. She pressed her face into Dex’s shoulder, feeling like she could die of embarrassment, while he merely laughed.

“It’s not funny,” she whispered, which only seemed to make him laugh harder. “What’s your mom going to think of me?”

His mom hadn’t been gone but long enough to heat up a couple bowls of chili and came back to them practically all over each other. They weren’t setting themselves up for his mom to like her at all.

With her embarrassment now complete, Lena smiled shyly over at Dex’s mom. “Hello,” she said, without knowing what else to say.

This is going well, she thought sarcastically.

“I brought the two of you some chili. The corn bread’s gone, but I have some saltines that’ll be near as good.” Dex’s mother set a loaded silver tray on the coffee table in front of them. She raised a brow at Dex in censure. “I didn’t expect to find the two of you making out like teenagers when I came back.”

Lena cringed. Exactly what she’d been afraid of...his mom hated her and they hadn’t been here an hour. Less than an hour had to be a new record.

Dex handled his mother in a way Lena would never have attempted—with a joke. “Well, you did say for me to come inside and warm up. What better way is there to warm up than in the arms of a beautiful woman?”

“Mmm-hmm...” Mrs. Henry shook her head at them, but there was a hint of a smile on her face. “Eat your chili while its hot. Dexter, you know where to find your room. The two of you keep it down, though. Your aunt Peggy is asleep in Tommy’s room next door. And if your brother gets too loud with those video games, you remind him I said he better not wake anyone up cussing at some cartoon man on the television just because the poor thing ran off a cliff like he was told.”

Lena suppressed a snicker. She doubted either of Dex’s brothers played any sort of game that involved running a cartoon character off a cliff. Not at their ages.

Then a stressful realization dawned on her. His mother had implied they were sharing a room. That was not in the plans.

Not at all.

She couldn’t share a room—or a bed—with Dex. She swallowed hard. She just couldn’t. Not if she wanted to make it through this unscathed.

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