Mission: M.D. by Turner Linda

Author:Turner, Linda [Turner, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: suspense
Publisher: Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Published: 2011-05-10T05:00:00+00:00

Over the course of the next week, Rachel told herself that she didn’t care how much time Turk gave her, she wasn’t going out with him. But the man was damn sneaky. She didn’t know how he arranged it, but it seemed like every time she turned around, she was running into him. His basket nearly collided with hers at the grocery store, he was behind her in the drive-thru at the bank, and every morning, he showed up at the bakery for a doughnut and coffee before going to his clinic. And of course, the last thing she saw every night when she went to bed was the glow from his lighted windows.

Did he know he was getting to her?

She could feel herself weakening, which made her even more determined not to go out with him. She just had to stand strong, she told herself. She wanted a baby, not a relationship with a man…especially a man like Turk, who could steal a woman’s heart with just a wink and a grin. She didn’t want her heart stolen, didn’t want to fall in love again. Not with Turk, not with anyone. If she could just remember that, she’d be fine.

So she kept her distance, distracting herself as much as possible. She spent just about every evening playing poker with her grandmother and the “boys,” preparing for the tournament in Austin, but it did little good, and it was all her fault. At the tournament, she couldn’t concentrate—her thoughts kept drifting to Turk—and they were soundly trounced.

“I’m sorry, guys,” she told them as they headed home. “I don’t know what got into me. I couldn’t focus.”

“You know, I’ve heard that’s a common problem in women your age,” her grandmother said dryly. “It has something to do with hormones…and falling in love.”

“I’m not falling in love!” she retorted. “I’m just distracted.”

True, the distraction was six foot two and had the most incredible blue eyes, but no one said a word. They didn’t have to. She knew exactly what they were thinking.

Frustrated, she returned home, more determined than ever to ignore the man. But just when she thought she could hold him at bay indefinitely, he came into the bakery one morning and caught her completely off guard. “Hey, sweetheart, what are you doing Saturday? There’s a charity bowl-a-thon at Oak Park Lanes to raise money for MS. I thought maybe we could go together.”

She had to give him credit—he raised his voice just enough so that it carried to the far corners of the bakery. Every customer in the place sat up straighter, waiting expectantly for her to turn him down flat, just like she always did. Swallowing a curse, she wanted to kick him. Why did he keep doing this? Surely he had to know that everyone in town was talking about them—bets were being taken at Freeman’s Barbershop down the street, and the latest odds were in her favor. Why couldn’t he accept the fact that he was wasting his time?

“I can’t,” she retorted.

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