Falling for the Single Dad Surgeon by Charlotte Hawkes

Author:Charlotte Hawkes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-02-12T18:29:57+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

‘THE FIRST THING I want to teach you is how to set up your camp correctly.’

‘The first thing?’ Jake answered dryly. ‘You took my rucksack from me back at the house to give me one of your own instead. Then we spent the last few hours hacking our route through the jungle—and that was only after you instilled in me how crucial it is to have a machete and know how to wield it.’

Jake was glad his nephew was safe with Flávia’s family. Only the prospect of a sleepover with his two new best friends, and the promise of a day on an adventure trail with Eduardo, had stopped Brady from kicking up a fuss about not accompanying Jake and Flávia into the Atlantic Forest.

‘Are you pining for your luxury city life already, urbanista?’ Flávia teased, the way she’d been doing more and more, ever since they’d left the city.

As though the rainforest was bringing out the real her, and she was more relaxed and contented than he’d ever known her. As though he was seeing the real Flávia, which very few others outside her family would ever see.

He found that he liked the sensation. Most likely a little too much. He could picture how it might be if this was the life he and Brady could lead for good. And then it worried him that it was all so easy to imagine.

No woman had ever made him think of the future before, not to mention that ‘having fun for one night only’ Flávia Maura certainly shouldn’t be the one to break that pattern.

He had no room in his life for her. For any woman. He’d do well to remember that.

‘You’d better believe I am. I simply don’t see how you can prefer tramping through undergrowth, with no idea what lurks within, and eating corned beef hash out of a tin tray to the convenience of a hot power shower, climate control and a beautifully prepared meal.’

‘Is that so?’ She shook her head, smiling. ‘Listen, Jake. Tell me what you hear.’

Jake listened, uncharacteristically obedient. This was her show. Her party.

‘Nothing. I hear absolutely nothing,’ he announced at length. ‘No city buzz, no verve. No hooting of cars letting you know the place is full of energy. Alive.’

‘Listen again.’ She practically twirled round in bliss, and he found his eyes drawn to the way her cargo pants perfectly cupped her pert backside.

You’re in the jungle, for pity’s sake.

‘You can’t hear all that you just described, it’s true,’ she continued, oblivious. ‘But who wants to? All that noise pollution drowning out what really matters? You might not hear the loud city cacophony, Jake, but you can’t say you can’t hear anything. This place is practically teeming with life.’

He tore his gaze away and tried to listen again, a part of him loving the way her brow pulled taut in frustration at his admissions, making her look all the more adorable.

And tempting.

‘The jungle is full of animals, and insects, all coming together in a harmonious concerto of sounds.

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