Harlequin Medical Romance: March 2022 Box Set 1 of 2 by Alison Roberts

Author:Alison Roberts
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

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She looked up and Bryn was limping across the lawn to join them. And her heart seemed to sort of...jolt.

Well, that was dumb, she told herself. Just because the man was too good-looking for his own good... Just because he was so darned sexy...

But it was more than that. Nothing had changed in the sexiness department since she’d first met him, but since the night she’d found him watching over his little niece, the way she’d felt about him had definitely changed. And after the night of...the kiss...she’d watched his interaction with Alice with a kind of wonder.

Until Bunji had broken through, uncle and niece had seemed tightly bound within themselves, shielding themselves from personal connection.

She watched him now and saw his face crease into a smile as wide as the one she’d felt when Bunji and Alice had finally nailed their nose-to-nose roll. And she felt as if she’d been given the world.

To make a wounded man smile?

No. She’d come here for the dog, she reminded herself. And for Alice.

But this week seemed to have changed things for Bryn, her sense of satisfaction was well justified, and she might even feel sad about leaving tomorrow.

Who was she kidding? Might? She knew she’d feel desolate. But she had to leave. Hazel had to return to Sydney. Maureen was holding the fort, but she could only work part-time and there was no one to run the clinic. Even if there was a point in her staying...well, why would she?

Bryn had been smiling as he watched kid and dog roll, but as he reached her his smile faded. He was still gazing down at them, but his face was suddenly grim.

‘Problem?’ she asked, and he took a deep breath and turned to face her.

‘Kiara, I need you to stay.’ Then, as she opened her mouth to respond, he held up a hand. ‘Please. Hear me out. This isn’t for me—or for Alice. This is desperation.’

And briefly he outlined what he’d just been told.

‘I know you think it’s impossible,’ he told her. ‘But Sydney Central is without its three senior neurologists. There’s no one else in the short term. Kiara, if I don’t head back, people will die.’

What was he asking? She stared at him in open-mouthed astonishment. ‘You’re kidding.’

‘I don’t think I am,’ he said bleakly. ‘Archie’s looked at every option. He’s desperate. But I can’t leave Alice. Kiara, I’ve tried to think but I can’t get past it. There’s no one but you.’

‘So ring Beatrice,’ she managed, feeling winded. More. She was feeling almost as if a gun were being pointed at her head. She had needs. Her dogs were her life.

‘If I don’t head back, people will die...’

The medical imperative. Unarguable.

‘Do you think Beatrice would come?’ he asked.

She stared at him for a long time, playing it out in her head. Thinking of what she knew of the acerbic Beatrice. ‘No,’ she said at last.

‘Neither do I.’

And then they were silent because Alice and Bunji were at the top of the slope again.

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