Prima Donna by Drewry Laura

Author:Drewry, Laura [Drewry, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2014-09-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Don’t get excited.”

Han Solo, The Empire Strikes Back

After rescheduling all her appointments so she could take it easy over the weekend, Regan spent the rest of the next week playing catch-up, running from styling appointments to work and back to more appointments.

She’d gone to Chalker’s on Tuesday night, but hadn’t stayed long because Andrea’s mom had flown in and wanted to do a dry run before the wedding on Saturday.

The clinic was hopping busy, so it wasn’t until late Wednesday before she had a second alone with Carter. Everyone else had gone home for the day, and she was on her way out, too, but if the stack of charts on his desk was any indication, he wasn’t going anywhere for a while.

“Hey.”

He looked up from the journal he’d been reading and pulled the pen out of his mouth, his frown easing into a slow smile that made Girlie Regan whimper.

Stop it.

“I, uh, just wanted to thank you for coming by Friday night.” She cleared her throat quietly and smirked. “Rossick and Julia haven’t said anything, so I figured you hadn’t told them.”

“No.”

“Thanks.” She took a breath and winced through her next words. “And I’m sorry I didn’t thank you before you left on Saturday, I was, um…”

He pushed out of his chair slowly and set the journal and pen down on the desk. “You were too busy making sure I knew—again—that you don’t do sleepovers.”

Did that strangled laugh come out of her? Get a grip.

“Yeah, I, uh, I guess I get a little uptight about that.” Her breath stuttered when he took another step toward her and it took a few very long uncomfortable seconds before she got it back under control. “Sorry. And I’m sorry if I worried you, but you didn’t have to leave work to check on me.”

“It’s no big deal.” His voice was soft, laced with just a hint of sarcasm. “I mean, sure, I nearly caused four accidents racing back here from the city, but that’s okay.”

Regan was grinning before he even finished, but when she looked up at him, his smirk wasn’t enough to hide the truth; he really had been worried.

“Well, thank you,” she laughed. “I appreciate everyone putting their lives in jeopardy so you could replenish my ice pack every hour.”

“No problem.” He shrugged over his grin and rubbed his earlobe in slow circles. “I’m just glad all those years of med school finally paid off because I was starting to think I’d never get to refill an ice pack.”

The air between them grew thick, heading toward awkward, as they stood there, no more than a couple feet apart. And what she did next didn’t help matters one little bit.

“Well…thank you.” One quick step and her arms were around him, holding him in a hug she would have just as easily given to any of her friends who’d done what he’d done. But none of them had, he wasn’t just any friend, and this was no longer just any old hug.

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