Almost Midnight (sweet contemporary romance) (Colorado Clearbrooks) by McCarthy Teresa

Author:McCarthy, Teresa [McCarthy, Teresa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-12-18T23:00:00+00:00

Hannah lifted her gaze from her bed the second she heard Tanner’s deep baritone voice greeting someone in the hall. Seconds later, her eyes froze on his tall, lean form standing in the hospital doorway. He was dressed in dark green scrubs, holding a bouquet of pink roses in his hands, looking like some wildly handsome doctor from her mother’s soap operas.

His gray eyes searched hers. “Feeling better?”

She gave him a weak smile. Her chest hurt and she felt awful. “A bit. I see you changed your clothes?” He looked good in green, too good.

His brows knitted into a frown as he strolled across the floor and handed her the bouquet. “Thought you could use something to brighten up the room. I take it my brother told you about Jeremy. He’ll be fine.”

She tried to ignore the warm tingling in her body as she took the roses from him and smiled. “I’m so glad Jeremy’s going to be okay, and thank you for the flowers.”

“You’re welcome.”

She watched in amusement as he tried to stuff his hands into pockets that were no longer there. His golden hair still shimmered from the wetness of the storm.

A shiver skittered down her spine when she thought about his drugging kisses.

His features were powerful and a bit intimidating. Just like Nick’s. But he wasn’t Nick, she reminded herself. He wasn’t a man who would lie to her. He wasn’t a man who would deliberately withhold something from her for his own selfishness.

The concern in his gaze touched her. She bent her head to study the roses in her hand. They smelled sweet and fresh, like feel of the man’s lips against hers. Oh boy, she was in real trouble here.

“I’m glad Jeremy has such a good doctor to look after him,” she said, feeling flustered.

“Yeah, Rafe’s good all right.”

She lifted her gaze, noting the irritation in Tanner’s voice. His lips were drawn tight across his mouth and a muscle seemed to twitch in his jaw.

Maybe he was still recovering from the scare of his son’s injury. The man was a mixture of emotions that she wasn’t even going to try to understand.

“These flowers are beautiful.”

She lifted the roses and started coughing. His fingers lightly brushed hers. He took his gift from her hands, placing the flowers on the table beside her.

“Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea after all.”

She was still conscious of where his skin touched hers and felt a bit lost when he moved away. “No, no, I adore roses. It’s just this nasty cold.”

She coughed again, and her whole body fought against the weariness that consumed her.

“A cold? It’s a bit more than a cold.” There was a hard edge to his voice as he leaned forward, his nose almost touching hers. “You have pneumonia, Hannah. Fluid in the lungs, a fever. You could die if you didn’t have the right medication or rest.”

She sunk into her pillow, confused at the grim line whitening his mouth. “I’m on antibiotics. Dr. Clearbrook said I can go home today.

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