Her Maverick M.D. by Teresa Southwick

Author:Teresa Southwick
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-07-19T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Jon turned off his computer, then stacked the completed patient charts in the outgoing box on his desk. Brandy would file them in the morning. And now he was finished. Finally. He was tired to the bone. He hadn’t been this worn out since working all-night shifts during his internship and residency. This time, though, he couldn’t blame fatigue on long hours with patients. It was Dawn’s fault.

Thoughts of her were responsible for keeping him awake, and when he finally did manage to nod off, she invaded his dreams. A full-on sensuous assault that was a direct result of kissing her. He woke up to twisted sheets and an ache in his gut the size of Montana. At least things here at work were fine between them. She was cordial to him. Just friends. As agreed.

And yet...

He’d swear Dawn sometimes looked at him as if she wished things between them could be more. But maybe that’s just what he wanted to see.

Whether it was there or not didn’t matter. Both of them were committed to not complicating the work dynamic out of respect for Emmet. A line had been drawn in the sand last Saturday night and the days since then had proven neither of them were going to cross it. He’d agreed to that line, however reluctantly, and wouldn’t be another man in her life who lied to her.

It was way past time to go home and try to get some rest. The cleaning service was here. He’d heard the guy working and would say good-night before letting him know to lock the place up.

“Knock, knock.”

Jon looked up and saw Glory Laramie in the doorway. “Hi.”

“You’re working late.”

“So are you.” Jon was here late almost every night and had gotten to know the young guy who came in to clean.

Glory was wearing khaki pants and a T-shirt that said Laramie Cleaning Services on it. She was an attractive woman and Dawn would look a lot like her when she got older. But Jon probably wouldn’t be around to see her grow more beautiful with age and the thought made him a little wistful.

“Where’s Charlie?” he asked.

“College classes are starting up soon and he asked for the night off to hang out with his friends. I’m filling in for him.”

“A lot of bosses would have sent someone else,” he observed.

“I’m not other bosses.”

“Obviously. That inspires a lot of loyalty in an employee.”

“Before you nominate me for sainthood,” she said wryly, “you should know that I had an ulterior motive for coming here myself.”

“Oh?” This was about Dawn. It wasn’t his remarkable intuition bringing him to that conclusion. There simply wasn’t anything else.

“Charlie mentioned in passing that you’re usually here doing paperwork when he comes in. When he asked for the night off I told him it wouldn’t be a problem. Since I wanted to talk to you anyway.” She shrugged. “Two birds, one stone.”

“So you came to hit me with a rock?”

“No.” She smiled, Dawn’s smile. “But I have some things to say.

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