Harlequin Medical Romance January 2018--Box Set 2 of 2 by Dianne Drake

Author:Dianne Drake
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488088988
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

SHE’D BEEN STRUGGLING with the coffeepot for ten minutes—unsuccessfully—and Jack couldn’t help but smile as he hid near the kitchen door, watching her. Carrie Kellem was a lot of things—smart, funny, good at her job—but as far as having talent with anything domestic, she didn’t have a clue. She was fixing breakfast or, at least, trying to. She was making a mess of something simple, but he didn’t have the heart to stop her because, in the worst way, he wanted her to succeed, even though the prospect of that was slim. Still, the look of determination on her face was one he prized, one that told him she was going to be his best recruit.

She didn’t give up. Even now, when she was defeated, and knew it, she was still fighting her way through. Something even he wasn’t so good at. In fact, he was a quitter. That’s all he’d been about these past five years. Quitting, hiding, avoiding. But not Carrie. She tackled life head-on and didn’t let the obstacles slow her down.

That was what he liked; that was what he needed.

“You can come out from behind the door,” she finally said, without even turning around to look at him. “I know you’ve got that smirk on your face—the one where you’re doing a little gloating over the fact I can’t even make coffee—so you might as well show yourself.”

He chuckled. “I’m not gloating as much as curious,” Jack said, laughing as he stepped away from the door and walked across to the table where the plate of burnt toast lay. He picked up the toast, examined both sides of it, more to tease her than anything else, then took it over to the window, opened it and then turned to face her. “You don’t need to do this, you know.”

“See, that’s the thing. I have to do it and, one way or another, I’ll figure it out.”

“Suit yourself. But don’t do this because of me. You’ve got nothing to prove, since I’m already convinced.”

“What I do, Jack, I do for me. I wouldn’t mind giving you a decent breakfast, but for me it’s about learning how to do it, then doing it.” She shrugged. “It’s not an altruistic thing.”

“Well, altruism aside, you still don’t have to do this. I usually grab something down at Millie’s.” He turned back to the window and tossed the toast outside, to the birds. “In my world, eating’s not a priority. It’s one of those things you have to do to get by. So don’t sweat it, Carrie. I really don’t expect anything.”

“But I do, Jack. That’s the point. I always do.”

He turned back to face her. “Do you ever let up on yourself?”

“What do you mean by that?” she asked, almost defensively.

“You know, give yourself a break? Take time off trying to prove yourself so you can enjoy what you’ve already proved?”

“That’s not fair. I work hard to get what I want. That’s what I’m about. Who I am. And when I find deficiencies, I try to overcome them.

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