Her Doctor Mate by Tasha Black

Author:Tasha Black [Black, Tasha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 13th Story Press
Published: 2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00

15

Addison

Addison was nearly shaking as she followed Andrew Farthing into the other room.

She had flat out asked Ryan about a bond between them and he had denied it.

She’d thought last night that maybe it was worse not to know where he stood. But now she knew she had been happier when there was some slight hope that she was his fated mate.

Her stomach churned as she replayed their conversation, and his assertion that he wished he could forget kissing her.

And now she had to play charades.

Addison wasn’t big on performing in any way. And party charades were the absolute worst. From the moment Grandma Stevenson had suggested the game Addison had been in a cold sweat of dread.

And now she had to play with Ryan.

She could sense his big presence behind her, feel the vibration of his footsteps somehow in the crowded room.

Forget him, she told herself furiously. Let him walk his stupid footsteps into another woman’s heart.

The family room was stuffed with people.

Grandma Stevenson sat on a plush sofa with a small plate of hors d’ouevres in her hands.

“Get your team names in the hat, we’re going to draw to see which team goes first,” Andrew yelled.

“What should our team name be?” Ryan asked quietly.

His raspy voice near her ear sent shivers down her spine.

Addison ignored them.

“How about the Icebergs?” she suggested.

Ryan looked a little taken aback.

“Sure,” he said gamely, jotting it down and placing their tag in Andrew’s hat.

He scrawled his name and team name on his tag and then handed Addison the pen.

She wrote her name and team name as neatly as she could, willing herself to find some of that peacefulness her roommates were always commending her for.

“Okay, let’s give it a shake,” Andrew said, making a huge show of rummaging around in the hat.

Addison held her breath.

The chances that their team would be pulled first were small. There was really nothing to worry about.

“The first team is…. Leather and Scales,” Andrew called out.

There were some murmurs and then a very attractive couple wove their way to the front of the room.

“Oh, I get it,” Andrew said. “Leather like your jacket and scales like musical scales. Our resident rock star, everyone - Johnny Lazarus and his lovely bride, Neve.”

Johnny Lazarus, holy crap.

She knew he hailed from Tarker’s Hollow, but she was shocked to find someone she’d just seen on the cover of Rolling Stone actually spending time in the small town.

Addison tried not to stare at the legit rock and roll legend as he waved off the cheers.

His wife made a funny little bow as if to make up for his humility. She was ravishing, and they couldn’t have looked more right together.

“The first category tonight is idioms,” Andrew said. “Which of you will be acting and which will be guessing?”

“Oh, Johnny’s the performer in the family,” Neve said immediately, garnering a laugh from the gathering. “I’ll do the guessing.”

Johnny rolled his eyes and then gave Neve a lascivious smile.

“Here you go, then,” Andrew said, offering Johnny a second hat.

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