Tempted at Twilight by Jamie Pope

Author:Jamie Pope
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Elias studied the boy’s foot that he was treating. He had taken the job at the hospital, focusing his mind on medicine. Even if it wasn’t the kind of medicine he wanted to practice, it was better than not practicing at all.

The kid had a broken big toe. The nail had split in half. The boy had to be in pain, but he looked more sheepish and worried than anything.

“Mrs. Nieves, would you mind running to the vending machines to get Landon a soda while I fix him up?”

She looked up at him with her eyes full of worry.

“Trust me, it will be better for you if you don’t see this. Landon is a tough kid. He’ll be fine. But we’re understaffed. If you pass out, I’m not sure who will treat you.”

“Okay, Dr. Bradley.” She kissed her son’s forehead a dozen times. “Mommy will be right outside.”

“I’m all right, Ma. I swear.”

Elias waited until she was out of earshot to speak again. “You want to tell me how you really hurt your foot? Because you didn’t just stub your toe.”

Landon’s eyebrows shot up. “You can tell.”

“Of course I can tell. I’m a doctor, and I’ve been ten before. What did you do?”

“Kicked a microwave.”

“You kicked a microwave? Why? Were you mad?”

“Nope. I don’t know why I kicked it.” He shrugged. “It was big and sitting on the lawn, and sometimes I kick stuff just because.”

In ten-year-old boy thinking, it was perfectly logical just to kick stuff because it was there.

“Don’t do that again, you knucklehead.” Elias grinned at him. “Or else you’ll be in here every week.”

The boy gave him a cheeky smile. “Maybe twice more before summer ends.”

“You like coming to the hospital?”

“You’re pretty cool,” the boy said. “But I get hurt. So do my brothers. My mother said she would put us up for sale, but no one will take damaged goods.”

Elias laughed and patched the boy up. He was still thinking about the encounter when he ended his shift at 3:00 p.m. He came home to find Cricket in the kitchen. She was cooking, which shocked him.

“Hey!” He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her, settling his hands on her belly. “What’s this you’re doing?”

“Did you know that there are thousands of short cooking videos posted on social media every day? I went online to look something up, and hours later I emerged with a dozen recipes that even I can handle. It’s the most excited I’ve been in years.”

“In years? Really?”

She turned in his arms and kissed him. She tasted sweet, like citrus. He wasn’t content with just one kiss and took her mouth in a much longer and deeper kiss.

She sighed when he finished and rested her head on his shoulder. “I should have said that I haven’t been this excited over anything that hasn’t pertained to you in years.”

“That’s better.”

“How was your day?” she asked him.

“Good. Very good,” he answered, surprising himself. Six months ago the thought

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