Surrender by Helen Hardt

Author:Helen Hardt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Waterhouse Press

Chapter Forty–Five

Melanie

I smiled as I walked out of the doctor’s office. I’d gotten a clean bill of health and another positive pregnancy test. No heartbeat for the baby yet, but I was only about five weeks pregnant. Armed with a prescription for prenatal vitamins and a copy of What to Expect When You’re Expecting, I headed toward my car.

“Melanie!”

I turned. Oliver Nichols walked toward me. I hadn’t seen or heard from him since Jonah had basically kicked him out of my office several weeks ago.

Seemed like a lifetime ago.

He looked good, his auburn hair blowing slightly in the breeze. “Oliver. How are you?”

“I’m good. I stopped by your office a couple of times, but no one was there.”

“Oh.” I cleared my throat. “I’m on a leave of absence.”

“Really? Is everything okay?”

“Yes.” I really didn’t want to go into it, so I lied. “Just taking a much-needed vacation.”

“Oh. Where are you headed now? Do you have time for a quick lunch?”

I looked at my watch. I didn’t want to be rude to Oliver, but Jonah would not react well to my having lunch with him, even if it was just a friendly lunch. He’d caught Oliver kissing me in my office, and that hadn’t gone well.

“Look, Oliver—”

He shushed me with a gesture. “Melanie, I’m interested, okay? I know that Steel guy made it pretty clear you belonged to him, but from where I was standing, I never heard you say so.”

I felt my cheeks burning. “It’s just…”

“What?”

“Well, to be honest, I’m…pregnant. Jonah and I are getting married.”

“Oh.” He smiled. “I won’t say I’m not disappointed. I was hoping something might spark between us.”

“It would have been fun.” And I meant it. He and I had engaged in a hot one-nighter after medical school graduation. Then we hadn’t talked until… Well, until we’d run into each other at the coffee shop by my office several weeks ago.

“I do owe you a meal, though,” Oliver said.

“I suppose—” My phone interrupted me. I pulled it out of my purse. Talon.

Talon would never call me unless it was important.

“I’m sorry. I have to take this.”

Oliver nodded.

“Talon?” I said into the phone.

“Doc, are you still in the city?”

“Yeah. Just finished at the doctor’s. What’s up?”

“I need to see you.”

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