The Playboy's Proposal (Sorensen Family) by Ashlee Mallory

Author:Ashlee Mallory [Mallory, Ashlee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: makeover, Enemies to lovers, neighbors, multicultural, sweet romance, diverse, diversity, diverse romance, contemporary romance, plus-size heroine, Cinderella, right under the nose, small town, latina, doctor, Entangled, Bliss, playboy
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-07-24T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“That’s the fourth case of hand, foot, and mouth I’ve seen this week,” Benny said to Roz the following morning, watching two twin boys sucking on Popsicles follow their mother out of the office. “Once it takes hold at a place like a day care or summer camp, it just spreads like crazy.”

“You have an ear infection in exam room four and well checks and vaccinations with the three Johnson kids in two.”

Benny nodded and finished noting the chart as Roz left to get the vaccinations ordered and prepared.

“Good morning, Dr. Sorensen.” Her heart skipped a beat as she glanced to her right to see none other than Luke Seeley bearing down on her, an easy smile on his face. “How did your weekend go?”

Right. The weekend with the mystery man who was not anyone serious. Although the mystery man might have been invented, the time with Henry was not. And that had been, strangely enough…fun.

She returned his smile. “Pretty well. Can’t complain,” she said vaguely, noticing the way he studied her with certain interest. “And yours?”

“To tell you the truth, I was kind of thinking of you. Enough so that I thought if you weren’t doing anything, maybe you’d like to catch dinner with me tonight. There’s a new sushi restaurant I heard about that I thought we might check out.”

A date?

Benny clenched her fists at her side to stop the near overpowering impulse to fist bump the air or wave them around in victory.

Wait. Sushi? An image of cold, raw, gelatinous fish passing her mouth brought a wave of nausea. Sure, there were an infinite variety of choices of sushi and sashimi that were available and she’d tried many of them, but it seemed pointless to go somewhere where the only way she could consume such concoctions was by slathering them in soy sauce and wasabi until her nasal passages burned so she couldn’t taste it in the first place.

Fortunately, she was supposed to play coy here, if Henry were to be believed. And he’d been right so far…

She looked down at her chart, pretending to consider it before answering apologetically. “I’m afraid I can’t tonight.”

“Okay. What about Wednesday? And before you decline, I know for a fact that Wednesdays you usually pick up a pizza from around the corner and head home.”

“Really? Are you stalking me, Dr. Seeley?”

“Just paying attention.”

And he was right. Wednesdays the restaurant offered free cheesy bread with any size pizza and Benny always grabbed a pepperoni-and-olive pizza and sat in for a night alone of television and gluttony. Kind of like every night, actually. Although of late, she’d been less alone than usual, thanks to the company of her neighbor, whose witty banter and observations were remarkably…enjoyable.

She pretended to consider it again before slowly nodding. “Okay. I think I’m open.”

His smile widened, and he backed away. “Good. I’m going to hold you to it, and in the meantime, I’ll get out of your way before you remember you have other plans.”

He turned

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