Fractured Freedom: A Brother's Best Friend Second Chance Romance by Shain Rose

Author:Shain Rose [Rose, Shain]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781956810066
Publisher: Greene Ink Publishing, LLC
Published: 2022-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

15

Share Your Secret

Delilah

I didn’t see Dante for two days after that. I worked and so did he. Or so I thought. He made himself scarce.

It was for the best. Us bickering over my date wasn’t what should have been happening. We should have been acting cordial until Izzy was out and they were gone.

I told myself that over and over during those two days. When I passed him in the hall on the third morning in my scrubs, my heart almost stuttered to a stop. My body instantly lit up, and I found myself holding back too much emotion, like I needed to see him, like I’d missed him.

I needed to get more sleep. The long night shifts were making me crazy, especially on not much food and after having to avoid Allan all night.

“Hey, Lamb,” he leaned against the hallway wall instead of sliding his key card into his room slot like he’d been about to do. “Blue looks good on you.”

I rolled my eyes. My scrubs were nothing to write home about.

“And you look good in slacks,” I added.

“You going to breakfast?” He nodded toward the purse I’d slung over my shoulder.

“Just a quick one. I had a long night.” I pointed in the direction of the hotel restaurant.

He hummed. “I heard you get in about an hour ago. Your shift usually ends three hours earlier.”

“Emergency with a big pile-up on the highway.” His eyes scanned my scrubs for evidence. “I showered and changed at work.”

He nodded. “I’ll join you for breakfast, if that’s okay.”

I pursed my lips and waved him on. We walked in silence together down the hallway. This was the Dante I remembered, the quiet appeasing man who smiled and nodded at about five other guests who walked by. He murmured hellos and a thank you to a man who opened the restaurant door for us. Then he put his hand on my lower back, like we were comfortable with each other’s touch but just in a friendly manner.

My body wasn’t. I felt the heat immediately, my nipples tightened, and I gasped. His light eyes met mine, but he didn’t call attention to the spark between us.

That was for the best.

The buffet wasn’t very busy, but families buzzed around with kids, and a couple of pilots ate in the corner, probably only here for a day or two before they had to jet out again. I went to grab some fruit, and two little girls dressed in red-striped pajamas pointed at my scrubs. When I caught them looking, I did a little twirl and they glanced up to find me smiling.

We all giggled, and one tilted her head to the side and said, “I want to be a doctor when I grow up.”

“I like your red pajamas.” I nodded to them both, not correcting them and telling them I was a nurse.

“We’re twins!” They grabbed each other’s hands.

Their mother arrived and put her hands on their shoulders, smiling at me. “Sorry.”

“No worries.” I waved her off.

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