The Doctor's Pregnancy Surprise by Kate Hardy

Author:Kate Hardy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

‘HOL. Holly.’ David shook her. ‘Wake up. Coffee.’

‘Uh.’ She yawned, sat up and took the mug from him. ‘Thanks. I think. What time is it?’

‘Quarter to six. We have to be out of here in an hour.’

‘You have to be out of here,’ she corrected.

He frowned. ‘So do you. We’re on early shift, remember.’

‘You are. I’m not. I switched with Trish.’

‘What? Why?’

She grimaced. ‘Sorry. I forgot to tell you. Trish is doing my late on Wednesday and I’m doing her late today.’

He still looked puzzled. ‘What’s special about Wednesday?’

‘The fundraiser.’ At his blank look, she said, ‘If I haven’t made you buy a ticket yet, I must be slipping. Zo, Jude and I do a fundraiser once a month. Zo does the food, Jude sings and I make people buy tickets. We split the proceeds between Paeds, Maternity and Emergency.’ She smiled.

‘Yup, you’re slipping,’ David told her. ‘It’s the first I’ve heard of it.’

‘I’ve had some—’ she gave him her wickedest smile ‘—distractions, you could say. So, are you going to buy a ticket?’

He rolled his eyes. ‘OK. For you, I’ll buy a ticket. Even though I won’t be able to make it.’

‘It doesn’t start until half past eight, so you’ll only miss the first half-hour or so if you come straight after your shift.’

‘Fine.’ He climbed back into bed beside her. ‘I hate the idea of leaving you here in bed while I’m on the ward.’

‘Tough.’ She wrinkled her nose at him. ‘I’m all nice and warm. I don’t have to be on the ward for another seven hours. So I’m staying put.’

‘I’m almost tempted to throw a sickie.’

Her eyes widened. ‘You’ll do no such thing, David Neave. Not when you’re on my ward. And I don’t care if you are my senior.’

He lifted his hands in surrender. ‘OK, Dr Scary. You win.’

‘I’ll leave you something nice for lunch,’ she promised.

‘Here?’

‘Ah, yes. You’ll need a key.’

He went very still. ‘You’re giving me a key to your house?’

‘It makes sense. Seeing as we’ve, um, spent more time here than anywhere else in the last few days.’ Since their night at the little country hotel they’d spent all their off-duty time together, unable to bear being apart. David’s purple bedroom had been too much for Holly to stomach, so they’d stayed at Holly’s. David had only been back to his flat to grab a change of clothes and get rid of the things that had gone off in his fridge.

‘Hol, am I being dense, or are you saying you want me to move in?’

She smiled at him. ‘If you want to. I know we said we were going to take it slowly this time. But it’s not as if we’ve only just met.’

‘And we’ve wasted twelve years already.’

‘So what’s the point of wasting any more time—?’

‘When this feels so right?’ he finished.

‘Exactly.’

He kissed her. ‘Hol. I don’t know what to say.’

‘Think about it and tell me tonight. Because you, Dr Neave, are on duty very shortly.’

‘Give me your keys when you come on duty,’ he said.

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