The Doctor's Sleigh Bell Proposal by Susan Carlisle

Author:Susan Carlisle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Medical
Published: 2016-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

THEY HAD BEEN walking since sunrise and Ellen’s feet were already screaming. Even with the attention Chance had given them they’d still had to go back into damp leather boots. It hadn’t been a pleasant experience. To have a thick, dry pair of socks would have been wonderful. But that was only a fantasy.

Ellen had wanted to work in a developing country but this was more than she had planned on. Sleeping in a tree in only her underwear hadn’t been a scenario she would have imagined. She had slept, though. Exhausted from hiking, swimming and raw fear, she’d been fast asleep as soon as her head had snuggled into Chance’s shoulder. Despite her lack of clothing, she’d been warm the entire night nestled against Chance.

Sometime she had been jerked awake by the sound of a wild animal growling.

“Shush, sweetheart. He’s a long way off. Go back to sleep.” Chance’s hand had caressed her hip and waist.

For once she’d appreciated his protection. She hadn’t questioned further and had soon been asleep again. How did Chance do that? Make her feel secure by just being there? She’d been consumed by fear the day before. She’d run down a path in the jungle without question because Chance had said that was what they needed to do, and had been confident he would take care of her.

He’d distracted her by kissing her when she’d been so sure the bad men just feet away would find them. The kiss had started out as something to help her keep quiet but had turned into a passionate meeting of lips, as all of her and Chance’s kisses had. Her distress had disappeared with only a touch from him.

The pinnacle of her terror had been those seconds before she’d wrapped her hands around his bag strap and pulled him back against her. It had taken all her strength but she’d managed by sheer determination. Her heart had been in her throat and there had been a roaring sound in her ears. Losing him hadn’t been something she would even consider. If he had been washed away and the drug traffickers had seen him they would have shot at him. She couldn’t let that happen. After they’d climbed out of the river the look on Chance’s face had aid he was proud of her. She’d wanted to dance a gig in happiness that they’d been alive but she’d been afraid they’d be seen or heard.

Ellen watched Chance walking ahead of her a few paces. He was confident and watchful at the same time. He had to move a leaf or push away a vine more often than she because he was taller. His clothes clung to his body in the tropical dampness. Occasionally he pushed his hair back with a hand when he glanced over his shoulder to check on her.

She and Chance had become a true partnership through this ordeal. He was no longer pushing her away. Last night he’d trusted her to see to something as important as the water.

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