NY Doc Under the Northern Lights by Amy Ruttan

Author:Amy Ruttan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-07-10T13:26:03+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

FOR THE LAST WEEK, since the day he’d taken her back to her rental after the accident, Axel had managed to avoid Betty. He’d been able to largely avoid his father as well, with the notable exception of their confrontation after the surgery when the old man had lit into him about bringing Betty back to work against his wishes.

But Betty was clearly fine, her laceration was on the mend and she hadn’t had a concussion. She was running the surgical resident program and working with the residents well.

Better than he ever had.

And his father was clearly happy that she was doing so well.

His father had remarked that Betty was a chip off the old block, just as talented as her late father had been.

Mr. Bjorn was on the mend and Axel was overseeing his care. It was good enough for Axel. He was able to melt back into the background and just do his work. Even though it was hard to keep his distance from Betty. He missed her and it was difficult having to see that paramedic, Stellan, showing his interest her.

The night that Betty had watched Eira, he’d seen Stellan and Betty leave the hospital together. He’d seen the way she smiled when she talked to Stellan. Knew that Stellan had a bigger personality. He was charming and several doctors in the hospital spoke highly of him.

It was no wonder that he seemed to be sweeping Betty off her feet.

Stellan could offer her more than he could.

Axel was tied to Iceland and Stellan probably didn’t have the same ties as Axel did.

Betty deserved to have someone who could make her smile, the way she smiled when she was around Stellan.

Axel scrubbed his hand over his face and took another sip of his now cold coffee. He’d been working at catching up on his charts for several hours, but he wasn’t getting far. Not when his mind kept wandering.

Eira had been so displeased with him when he’d returned home only to take Betty back to her place. She was angry that he’d sent Betty away. She didn’t understand why he wasn’t trying and Axel didn’t have the capacity to explain to her why he wasn’t trying.

Why he didn’t deserve a chance. If he explained it, it would just bring back all those painful memories for Eira. Getting Eira to this point, where she was opening up and becoming a bit more mature, was a step forward. He didn’t need to take a step back and he didn’t want to open old wounds with her.

So he gladly bore the cold shoulder at home.

He closed his eyes.

“You okay?”

He opened his eyes to see Betty standing on the other side of the nursing station where he’d been working.

“Tired,” he said quickly.

“I haven’t seen you around.”

“You’ve been busy with the residents, doing the job you were brought here to do, and I’ve been busy with patients.”

She smiled warmly at him. “I know, but you looked—”

“How did I look?” Axel snapped. “I’m tired.

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