The Surgeon's Convenient Husband by Amy Ruttan

Author:Amy Ruttan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-02-12T15:08:21+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

ARAN TOOK A long walk to try and calm down. He had wanted to kiss Ruby for a long time, although he’d never intended for it to go that far. But the moment he’d tasted her sweet lips he’d just wanted more.

What were you thinking?

It was taking all his willpower not to go back to her and throw himself at her feet. He was attracted to her.

Usually when he was attracted to someone he saw them a few times and then it was done. The romance had run its course.

Women didn’t understand his devotion to his work and that was fine by him. He didn’t want to be tied down. He didn’t want a family only to have it broken.

And he was too broken himself.

The problem with Ruby was that she did understand his devotion to work. That was her passion too and that made him want her even more. She was smart, funny, strong, beautiful and independent. There was so much he loved about her.

He liked working with her and he wanted her. He’d always wanted her.

What was supposed to have been a simple kiss to break the tension had turned into something he hadn’t expected. Something he hadn’t prepared for mentally or emotionally. It had woken something inside him.

He’d thought maybe the kiss would break him of the hold she had on him, but he’d been so wrong. It had fired his blood. Made him feel alive. It had made him feel as if he was his old self again.

But he wasn’t. He would never be the same person he was before. That IED explosion had shattered him. It had broken him. And Ruby deserved so much better than the pieces of him that were left.

He’d taken a walk so that she could get some rest and be able to fly them out of Whitehead if the weather had cleared in the morning. He sincerely hoped that it would.

He went back to the room and quietly opened the door. Ruby had curled up in the middle of the bed and was sleeping soundly. A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. She looked so peaceful.

Good.

She needed the rest. It had been a long, busy day and flying up to Whitehead from Anchorage had meant that they’d started early. Ruby had definitely clocked up over eighteen hours and she needed sleep.

He was okay. He was tired, and a bit sore, but there were many nights when he couldn’t sleep. When his PTSD was working in overdrive and the nightmares just wouldn’t stop. He could sleep later. He didn’t have to fly a plane back.

She looked so peaceful there and he wished that he could hold her.

He wished he could do more.

You need to back away.

He shut the door. The couch in the lounge room would be the perfect place to crash. If anyone asked he’d just tell them Ruby snored.

Aran chuckled silently to himself, thinking about how Ruby would react to that. He headed into the lounge and stared at the couch.

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