Under Surveillance by Jodie Bailey

Author:Jodie Bailey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-11-07T23:30:54+00:00

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Macey dropped into the chair behind the reception desk and rested her hand gently on her side. It throbbed and stung, most likely from all of the work she’d done with her patients today. It was a good pain, though. She was alive and moving and out in the world. After a couple of days feeling like a victim, it felt better than amazing to have some control over her life again.

Tonya, the office manager, walked around the corner and stopped with her hands on her hips when she saw Macey. “Slacking off on the job?” She grinned and hip-checked the back of the chair as she walked by. “You’ve worked like a fiend today. Thanks for helping carry the load for Kenzie.”

“Happy to.” Not only had it kept her busy, Macey had been happy to step in for the eight-months-pregnant therapist. “How’s she doing?”

“She’s feeling better now. She said their wide-open drive to the hospital today was a trial run for the real thing. Those Braxton-Hicks contractions can be pretty convincing.” Tonya leaned back against the desk beside Macey and crossed her arms. “I’d have loved to have seen Phillip racing around trying to put everything together, though. I’m sure the panic was most definitely real.”

Macey grinned. The tall, slim army ranger was usually in full control, but when it came to his wife’s pregnancy, all of that hooah soldier stuff went right out the window. “We should have Kenzie wear a body cam on the way to the hospital when the real day comes. They could be an online sensation and earn enough money to put their baby through college someday.”

Arching an eyebrow, Tonya nodded. “Good plan.” She rose and glanced around the room. “Is everyone else gone for the day? And shouldn’t you have left early? You opened this morning, didn’t you?”

“I had a friend drive me here today. I’ve got about ten minutes before he gets here.” Macey hadn’t explained to anyone at work what had been going on. It all sounded so unreal, and she really didn’t want all of the attention or to have to rehash the story over and over again. If any one of her colleagues found out she’d been slashed with a box cutter...

Macey shuddered and swallowed a wave of nausea. Maybe letting Trey drive her to work hadn’t been such a bad idea. Except for that one moment. She’d managed to go the whole day not thinking about what might have been a kiss. Well, not with the front of her mind. The back had been spinning it on replay until she thought she’d sink into it and never come out again. He’d walked away, and that was all she needed to know.

“You still don’t look so good. Glad tomorrow’s Saturday. You can take the weekend off and recover from whatever knocked you off your feet the past couple of days. With a full load today, you might have overdone it.”

If only recovery would come with rest. Sure,

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