Carrying the Surgeon's Baby by Amy Ruttan

Author:Amy Ruttan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-11-05T20:04:00+00:00

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The three-hour drive to Mount Rainier was mostly uneventful and Emily dozed off when they were on the interstate. Only when they pulled off the interstate and started winding their way on highway seven did the ride become slightly more scenic and interesting.

“Ohop Bob?” Ryan asked as they drove through a town. “What a strange name.”

“They have a pioneer museum!”

“You seem really excited about that. Do you want to stop?”

She shook her head. “No, we should get to the park and then make our way back.”

“You really can’t stand being away from work, can you?”

“What is that supposed to mean?” she asked.

“It means exactly what I said it means. You just want to turn around the moment we get to Mount Rainier and head back to Seattle. You have two days off, what’s the rush? Your patients are all stable.”

“For now,” Emily mumbled.

“They’re in good hands. You lectured me earlier on about professional relationships. Don’t you trust your colleagues to take care of your post-ops?”

“Yes,” she said through gritted teeth. She liked control and order. Control and order calmed her and the world made sense then.

“That doesn’t sound very convincing.”

“I have a particular way of doing things,” she said in exasperation.

“You don’t take time off, do you?”

Emily rolled her eyes. “Fine. I don’t. Work is my life.”

“It shouldn’t be.”

“And you’re telling me that work isn’t your life? You, who won’t settle down anywhere?”

“Hey, I do take my days off and I enjoy my time. When I’m in a new place I go and see the sights. Just like I’m doing now.”

Emily couldn’t help but wonder if he had a different woman in each city. One he took out on dates and wined and dined. That little green-eyed monster who shouldn’t care about these things reared its ugly head.

“Okay,” she finally said. “Let’s stop and look at the pioneer museum. I loved Little House on the Prairie when I was a kid, so I think that it would be interesting to see what Ohop Bob’s Pioneer Museum is like.”

“You’re serious?” he asked, and he looked slightly horrified at the prospect.

“You offered,” she teased.

“I seriously didn’t think you would take me up on it.”

She laughed. “Well, I am. Let’s go.”

“Maybe it’ll be closed,” he muttered.

She couldn’t help but chuckle. “It’ll be fun!”

He shot her a look of disbelief and followed the signs off the highway to the museum. There was no one else there and it looked like the museum had just opened.

“Well, this is the town of Eatonville,” Emily remarked as they got out of the SUV. “Perhaps Ohop Bob was an old name?”

“Let’s hope so,” Ryan said under his breath. “Because that’s a very interesting name.”

“Every state has a weird name.”

“What’s Utah’s?”

“There are a few. Mostly people think they’re odd because they’re Biblical names or names of Mormon prophets. I always thought La Verkin was odd, but that might’ve been a misunderstanding between the locals of the area and the trappers mapping the territory. What’s Wyoming’s?”

“Probably Jay Em. It was named after a rancher.

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