Soaring on Love by Joy Avery

Author:Joy Avery
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

It’d been a week since she’d returned from Silver Point, and Tressa missed her time there already. She and Roth were still going strong, and she’d been the happiest she’d been in a long time. Every time she thought about him—which was quite often—her heart skipped a beat.

She glanced at the clock. Ten o’clock. A second later the house phone rang like clockwork. Without even looking at the caller ID, she knew it was Roth. He’d called her every day for the past week at the exact same time. Ten o’clock sharp.

“Hello,” she croaked.

While it had taken a few days, she’d finally succumbed to Roth’s cooties. In bed with a pounding headache, stuffy nose, congestion, a sore throat and a fever had not been how she’d envisioned spending her remaining time off.

However, there had been a silver lining to this dark cloud, and he’d waited on her hand and foot. Every morning he’d dropped by with breakfast on his way to work. Every day at lunch he’d either personally delivered or had food delivered to her. Every afternoon after a long day’s work, he was at her front door ready to nurse her back to health.

Roth’s smooth tone poured over the line. “Hey, beautiful. How ya feel?”

Tressa groaned. “Ugh. How do I sound?”

“Like a world-renowned opera singer.”

“If you were trying to make me smile, it worked.”

“That’s always my goal,” he said. “Have you had any of the remedy I mixed for you?”

“Um...yes. Several ounces, I believe.”

Immediately, she asked forgiveness for the lie she’d just told. Roth had attempted to remake the home remedy she’d whipped up for him at the cabin when he’d fallen ill.

Unfortunately, what he’d brought to her bedside had been the color of dirty pond water and tasted like a lukewarm mix of turnip-green juice and hot sauce with a twist of lemon. But she’d taken several sips because he’d gone through the trouble of preparing it.

She made a note to pour a few ounces down the drain before he arrived later that evening. Had to keep up appearances.

“I wish I were there with you,” he said.

“I wish you were here, too.”

“I have several things here at the office I have to complete before I leave, then I’m all yours. Are you hungry? I can have something delivered.”

She loved how this man took such good care of her. “No. My appetite is a bit wonky today.”

“Well, get some rest and I’ll be by tonight.”

“You’ve been spreading yourself thin, Roth. Go home and get you some rest. I’ll be fine. I am a nurse, remember?”

Roth chuckled. “Don’t worry about me. And I’m perfectly aware of your profession, Nurse Washington, but I’ll see you tonight anyway.”

She wasn’t going to argue. They said their goodbyes and Tressa snuggled against her pillow, wishing it was Roth’s chest instead.

A beat later her cell phone chimed, indicating a text message. Eyeing the screen, she frowned. Cyrus.

Can’t make the meet tomorrow. Something came up. Need to reschedule.

“Again, huh,” she said to the screen, then sighed.

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