First Impressions (Auckland Med Series Book 1) by Jay Hogan

Author:Jay Hogan [Hogan, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781644056240
Publisher: Southern Lights Publishing
Published: 2019-12-14T18:30:00+00:00

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Heading back into the city, Josh was all too aware of the free evening he had looming. No daughter, no sister, an empty house, and a certain sexy doctor on tap. Awesome. He slid a hand to Michael’s thigh and he immediately covered it with his own.

“Got plans tonight, Doc?” he asked. “Hot date, maybe?”

Michael turned to study him. “Maybe,” he said with a smirk. “There’s this guy, hot as hell but kind of difficult to pin down, if you know what I mean. Unreliable type.”

Josh grinned. “I know exactly what you mean. Well, if he falls through and you need to ah… plug the gap, so to speak, I could be available.”

Michael laughed, squeezing his hand. “Plug the gap, really? You had to go there, didn’t you?”

Josh gave an innocent shrug. “I’ve no idea what you mean. I was just offering an alternative if you got well… shafted.”

Michael snorted. “Jesus Christ, stop already or I won’t be held responsible.” His gaze raked the length of Josh’s frame, damn near singeing the hairs on Josh’s skin. “Are you asking me on a date, officer?”

“What? No, ah….” Goddammit. Josh knew his cheeks had fired bright red.

Michael chuckled. “Relax. I was just joking. What time?”

“We could do pizza first, if you want?” Still not a date. They had to eat anyway. “And there’s a rugby game on about four, so how about you come for that.”

“Sure.” Michael sounded pleased. “Build up our strength.” He smirked.

Then it hit Josh. “Ah, shit.” He slammed his open hand on the wheel.

Michael shot him a curious look.

Josh felt his cheeks begin to glow, again. Damn it. “I just remembered. Um, I’m supposed to meet someone, at three.”

Michael went quiet.

“It’s a guy… just for coffee. I shouldn’t be long.”

“No problem,” Michael said, a little too casually for Josh’s liking. “We can meet up another time. I need to check on my apartment anyway.”

Josh wanted to kick himself. He’d fucked up. “It’s just coffee.”

“With a guy.” Michael stated flatly.

Josh sighed. “Yeah. Brent.”

“Brent.” Michael rolled the name around his mouth like a bad taste and lifted his hand from Josh.

Josh flustered, “It’s just a first-time thing, you know how it goes.” Oh God, why did Josh feel like such a jerk? You fucking know why.

He kept his tone light. “It really is just coffee. I said yes before we, um… started… this. I’ll be back by five… if you’re still interested, that is?”

Michael said nothing. Fuck. Josh took the approaching off-ramp and tried to focus on the traffic as the whole conversation played in circles in his head. They weren’t dating, they weren’t boyfriends, so why did the whole thing feel so damn weird? But Josh wouldn’t get upset if Michael told him he was going on a date, would he? Fuck. Damn right he would.

“Sure,” Michael finally answered, though still not facing him. “I’ll order the pizza.”

Josh released the breath he didn’t know he’d been holding. “Great.”

Michael sighed. “Yeah, great.”

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