The Doctor's Marriage Wish by Meredith Webber

Author:Meredith Webber
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Medical
Published: 2017-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

HARRY FAILED TO arrive the next day, and Jill explained she’d like Kate to stay on the ward until he did come. Not a bad idea, as far as Kate was concerned, as she hadn’t seen Hamish all day, whereas in the ED, if a child came in, she’d have had to call him as he was the doctor with the most paediatric experience in the hospital.

And being on duty until nine meant she could eat dinner at the hospital, and by the time she’d signed off and walked back to the house, it was late enough to go straight to bed, pleading tiredness should any of her housemates be hanging around.

The arrangement was perfect as far as Hamish-avoidance went.

Until she had to walk through the kitchen on her way to her room! He was over by the bench, waiting for the electric kettle to boil.

‘Cup of tea?’

She checked her watch and studied him suspiciously.

‘Were you waiting for me to come off duty?’

‘Me?’

All innocence!

But then he smiled. ‘Of course I was. I haven’t seen you all day. Do you think I’d miss this opportunity? Now, did you say yes to tea?’

‘No, I didn’t,’ Kate said crossly, although her mouth had suddenly gone dry and she could kill for a cup of tea. ‘And not seeing each other is a good idea, Hamish. I don’t want to get into another relationship—not now, not here, not anywhere.’

He had turned his back, busying himself with cups and the kettle, and finally turned back and set a cup of tea on the table in front of her.

‘You’d deny the magic?’

He spoke so softly she barely heard him. She wanted to yell, to tell him she’d had magic before and it had let her down, but she knew that what she and Daniel had shared had been an illusion—a magic trick, not the real thing at all. Only it had taken her longer than it had Daniel to work that out.

She picked up the cup of tea and sipped at it, eyeing Hamish cautiously over the rim.

‘I’m not answering that, and I’m taking my tea through to my room.’

Would he argue? Pursue her?

Not Hamish. She answered her own question even before she heard his quiet ‘Goodnight, Kate.’

So with a cup of tea in her hand, and loneliness beyond measuring in her heart, she walked through to her bedroom.

Hamish watched her walk away then took himself out onto the back veranda, settling into the old settee.

He needed to get rid of the baggage of his feelings and think this through with cool, unemotional logic.

Was he stupid, pursuing this attraction Kate obviously didn’t want?

Yes.

So he should stop.

Right.

Would he?

Didn’t even need to ask that question. This was different.

This was special. This was something he’d never felt before…

Jack’s condition improved steadily, and the following afternoon he watched Megan feed the baby, then held his son for a short time, before nodding off to sleep.

Megan was in the nursery, bathing Jackson before returning him to his crib, and Kate was putting a new dressing on Jack’s wound when Harry wandered in.

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