Summer on Lovers' Island by Donna Alward

Author:Donna Alward
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781466843660
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

CHAPTER 12

Sliding back into a work groove wasn’t as difficult as Lizzie anticipated, and she had mixed feelings about it. Her female vanity kind of wished it were a little harder for Josh to keep things platonic, but it did make things easier on a professional level. It was Josh who set the tone on the first morning, pouring her a coffee and throwing her a smile but then disappearing into his office before seeing the first patients of the day. At work, he treated her with the same deference and intimacy as he did Robin. And Robin, Lizzie reminded herself with a bit of irritation, was married with a kid or two. It had been over a week since Josh and Lizzie’s trip to the island, and it was like nothing had ever happened. She wasn’t sure if he’d changed his mind about the “next time” thing or if he was waiting for her to make the next move.

She left the exam room, put the chart on Robin’s desk, and went to the kitchen for an apple or yogurt or something else to keep her going until quitting time. The problem with this whole platonic/professional thing was that Lizzie was having a difficult time forgetting. Maybe it had been the dry spell since breaking things off with Ian in April. But really, she’d had much longer dry spells than that before and had felt none of the preoccupation she was feeling now.

Which meant, she supposed, that her ego was the problem. Josh was so good at putting that Sunday behind them that her pride was stinging a little bit. Particularly since she was unable to forget a single second. And she spent far too much time, alone in the cottage at night, imagining what it might have been like if they’d had protection and had made love the way their bodies had demanded.

Far too much time. Maybe she should just go for broke and proposition him to a night of hot sex at the cottage.

She was thoughtlessly shoving Greek yogurt into her mouth when her office phone rang. When she picked it up, it was Robin’s voice on the other end. “Lizzie, Sarah’s on the line for you. Do you have time to talk to her?”

Josh’s sister. Why that made Lizzie nervous she didn’t know. It wasn’t like Sarah knew what had transpired between Lizzie and Josh. “Put her through, thanks, Robin.”

There was a click. “Hi, Sarah?”

“Lizzie.” Sarah’s voice was warm on the other end. “Hope I didn’t catch you at a bad time. Listen, Mark and Matt went out this morning and brought back a mess of fish. I’m having a big fry here tonight and wondered if you’d like to join us.”

Lizzie hesitated. She wasn’t sure who “us” meant. “Tonight?”

“It’s better fresh. We pool the deep fryers. One for fish, one for fresh-cut fries, and Jess makes the coleslaw. I’ve got far more than our little family can eat. We do this several times a summer anyway.

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