The No Sex Clause by Glenys O'Connell

Author:Glenys O'Connell [O'Connell, Glenys]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: C429, Kat, Extratorrents
Amazon: B00AGIV622
Publisher: Glenys O'Connell
Published: 2012-11-28T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVENThe nursing staff at the hospital immediately recognized Jed and made a fuss over him while they tut-tutted over Anna’s rapidly swelling, red and bruised looking ankle. He, in turn, was charming, patient, and able to chat easily with everyone. She was pleased to see a different Jed – she knew Jed the Escort, and Jed the Nasty Interviewer, but this gentle, polite and caring Jed was entirely new.

Soon, the ankle was x-rayed and pronounced not fractured, then bundled up with support bandages. Anna was given a few pain killers and told to rest up. “Keep off that foot for a couple of days, and it’ll heal faster. Take good care of our patient, Mr. Walker – it was so nice to meet you in person,” the young ER doctor said, shaking Jed’s hand and smiling at Anna.

With the pain dulled by pills, Anna relaxed in Jed’s company. She felt warm and cared for – not a feeling she’d often experienced. Or allowed herself to feel. Hadn’t she always stuck to her independence, shutting out anyone who tried to get close, because she knew that anyone she loved could be snatched away at a moment’s notice. Just like her parents.

One of the reasons Louis said things didn’t work out between you was that you wouldn’t let him get close, she remembered. He even took the hamster because he said she wasn’t capable of loving the small creature. Well, when people get close to you, they can hurt you.

* * *

She dozed in the warmth of Jed’s Jeep. A mixture of exhaustion, pain pills, and the sheer luxury of being looked after, made her relaxed and drowsy. She woke up slowly when they stopped outside her hotel, and she watched as Jed signaled to his friend, Donnie the Doorman, who came over and took the car keys. “You get Ms. Findlay up to her room; I’ll look after the vehicle,” she heard Donnie say. It’s good to have friends in low places, she told herself, remembering how this whole thing had come about because she’d first seen Jed talking to Donnie and mistaken him for her escort.

Which brought back memories of the No Sex Clause, and the mind-blowing experience with Jed in the Knotting Grove motel. In her drugged state, the memory took on a special warmth, and she was sure Jed shot her a strange look as he opened the passenger door and lifted her out.

“Your face is very flushed; do you think you’re running a fever?” he asked, concern in his voice as he laid a cool hand on her forehead.

Yeah, sure – a fever for you. Oops! She didn’t say that out loud, did she? Of course not.

So why was Jed looking at her with that cat-that-got-the-cream expression?

Her analgesic befuddled brain didn’t get a chance to consider this further. She gasped as Jed reached into the vehicle, slid one hand behind her back and the other under her bottom, then swept her up into his arms.

“Jed.” the word came as a strangled croak.

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