Harlequin Medical Romance March 2018--Box Set 2 of 2 by Annie Claydon

Author:Annie Claydon
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488089022
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

TASHA STOOD OUTSIDE the school building fuming. How dared he say such things to her? What right did he have? He didn’t know her. Not really. He had no idea of all that she’d been through. Or what she was capable of.

You’re not her mother…

No. She wasn’t. But mothers weren’t just the women that gave birth to a child. He’d been the one to tell her that! Mothers were created through love. Created by the bond of a woman who cared for a child as if it were their own. Which was how she felt about Abeje.

Abeje had no one else.

Tasha couldn’t help but recall those long, lonely nights, sitting in her bed at the children’s home, wondering if life would ever get better. Her back against the wall, her knees tucked up against her chest, she had stared out of her open curtains and wondered if there was anyone out there who would care and love for her the way she wanted. With the intensity of love that would make them take a bullet for her. If there might be someone out there who would love her so much that they would be devastated if anything happened to her.

She’d had no one else.

She’d felt surplus to requirements. An overspill in a children’s home already fit to bursting with lost children. But she’d grown up, and now she’d come here, and she’d met all these kids, and Abeje had found a way into her heart.

Abeje wanted to be a doctor, too. They were so similar! She couldn’t help that any more than she could help her need to breathe. She could make that girl feel someone cared. And having Quinn tell her to back off was just way out of line!

She couldn’t tell her heart just to switch off. Because if she could she’d probably still be a doctor. She wouldn’t have nightmares. She wouldn’t be feeling all sorts of emotions that she didn’t want.

She’d be happy.

Not standing here with tears in her eyes.

She looked up as the school door opened and Quinn stepped out, his magnificent form filling the doorway. He scanned the play area, looking for her.

Wiping her eyes, she began to walk away.

‘Tasha! Wait!’

‘I don’t want to talk to you, Quinn!’ She tried to run, but the strappy sandals she was wearing weren’t built for that. Agitated, she started walking fast.

She thought she’d got away. She thought he’d understood her message and maybe headed back to the ship, But when she slowed down she felt a hand on her arm.

‘Tasha, please.’

He looked dismayed to see she was crying, and tried to pull her into his arms. ‘Hey, I’m sorry.’

‘Don’t, Quinn! Just…don’t.’

She pulled her arms free of his grasp and stood there in front of him, feeling like a child, her arms hugging her body. It was like being thirteen all over again. He’d hurt her. The way he’d sat there and told her she wasn’t enough. Again! He’d promised. He’d promised to show her who

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.