Heart Surgeon, Prince...Husband! by Kate Hardy

Author:Kate Hardy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-11-05T19:50:52+00:00

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Luc was touched by how easily Kelly’s family made him feel at home. They were clearly treating him as a surgeon rather than a prince, and he appreciated that. He was kept busy alternately manning the barbecue, holding the golf umbrella over whoever was manning the barbecue next, ferrying cooked food indoors and keeping the twins out of mischief, working as a team with Robin and Nick.

And how good it felt to be treated as a normal person, as part of a normal family. Though, at the same time, it made him feel guilty. He’d pretty much pushed his own family away in an attempt to be his own person; although he was close to his sisters, his relationship with his parents was much trickier, and he knew they all hid behind the excuse of his parents’ royal schedule. He needed to make more of an effort to find a compromise. The kind of relationship Kelly had with her family was exactly what he wanted. Just he didn’t quite know how to make that work.

The rain stopped, and while he was manning the barbecue Kelly came over with a plate of salad and a glass of wine.

‘I’ve been despatched to make sure the cook’s OK,’ she said with a smile.

‘Very OK.’ On impulse, he stole a kiss. ‘Thank you for inviting me.’

She went slightly pink. ‘Pleasure.’

‘Your family’s lovely,’ he said softly. ‘I appreciate the fact they’re seeing me for myself and not my position.’

‘Expect to be grilled later,’ she warned. ‘But they like you.’

‘Good.’ He stole another kiss. Because that was what a new boyfriend would do, wasn’t it? The fact that he actually wanted to kiss Kelly was completely beside the point.

And it was good to eat a normal family meal in a normal family environment. When Oscar fell over and scraped his knee, Luc was the nearest and scooped him up to deal with it and talked to him about knights in armour to distract him from the sting of the antiseptic.

And, just as Kelly had warned, Susie insisted that they should do the washing up together after the meal while everyone sat out in the garden, now the rain had lifted. Grilling time, he thought. ‘You’re Kelly’s big sister. Mine would be the same and want to be sure whoever I brought home had good intentions,’ he said. ‘So what do you want to know?’

‘You’re dating my little sister,’ Susie said.

‘I am,’ he agreed. It wasn’t the whole truth, but enough to count.

‘And you know about her past.’

‘I know how much she loved Simon and how devastated she was at losing him. So I understand why you’re all worried about her. I’ll be careful with her,’ he said. He smiled. ‘Just to reassure you, I think a lot of your sister. I respect her professionally and personally.’

Susie looked wary. ‘But your world is very different from ours, Luc.’

‘I’m a heart surgeon,’ he said softly. ‘So, actually, my world is pretty much the same as Kelly’s. We work in the same department.

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