Lightning Strikes by Mary Lynn Baxter

Author:Mary Lynn Baxter [Lynn Baxter, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

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Amanda heard the tap on the door but chose to ignore it.

Seconds later she still didn’t turn around, even though she heard it open and knew who was behind her. She hugged herself for protection.

“He’s going to make it,” Noah said in a hoarse but reassuring tone.

While she should have been concerned about the patient, she wasn’t. She was concerned, however, about being alone with Noah. She wished he hadn’t come. She had taken off her soiled coat, which somehow left her feeling naked and vulnerable. That was absurd, of course, as she was fully dressed, except for a bra.

“I’m…glad,” she said in a small voice, her back still to him. She was standing by the window, the flashing lightning providing a glow in the room that otherwise would’ve been completely dark.

Noah made a sound like he was clearing his throat. “Are you sure you’re all right?”

She refused to turn around for fear he’d see the tears on her face. Instead, she nodded.

For a moment, all was quiet. Too quiet. Had he left?

His warm breath suddenly caressed her ear. “If you’re all right, then why are you crying?”

Her voice caught while a chill feathered her spine. “I’m…not.”

“Oh, yes, you are,” he whispered. “But that’s okay, after what you’ve been through.”

“Please, Noah, go away.”

“I’d rather hold you.”

Her breath caught again, especially when he slowly turned her around, then closed his arms around her, drawing her against his solid chest. “Noah, don’t—”

“Shh. You talk too much. Besides, it’s okay.”

No, it’s not okay! Yet she didn’t move. She made the mistake of looking up at him with parted lips.

“God, I want you,” he muttered huskily.

“Noah—”

He touched one side of her tearstained cheek just as another streak of lightning brightened the room, followed by a boom of thunder. She cried out, and his hot, moist mouth claimed hers.

She was lost, swept up in a tide of raw desire that she had no wish to control.

“My Amanda,” Noah whispered, his lips sinking deeper into hers while his hands moved up and down her back.

His smart phone buzzed. As he grabbed it Amanda could see the incoming text. He was needed in ER.

The moment of insanity was instantly shattered. Amanda wrenched herself out of his arms.

“Amanda—”

She held up her hands, her eyes huge in her pale face. “Please, don’t say a word.”

His mouth tightened. “You—”

“Shut up!”

She turned and fled the room, his colorful expletives following her.

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