Weekend with the Best Man by Leah Martyn

Author:Leah Martyn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-08-02T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

‘THAT WAS WONDERFUL.’

‘I gathered it must have been.’ Lindsey looked on indulgently as he forked up the last of the stir-fry from his bowl. ‘You had two helpings.’

‘Didn’t eat much today,’ he offloaded with a grin.

Lindsey looked across at him. ‘Today was pretty bad, wasn’t it? In all kinds of ways.’

‘Just marginally,’ he underplayed. ‘For most of it I felt as though I had a knife jammed between my ribs. How about you?’

‘No knife.’ Soft humour shone in her eyes. ‘But I wanted to just jump in my car and head back to Lark Hill and never set foot in a casualty department again.’

‘That would be a terrible shame.’ Dan swallowed the sudden razor-sharp emotion clogging his throat. Today could have all turned out so differently. ‘You’re an amazing nurse, Lindsey.’ His blue gaze shimmered over her face. ‘An amazing lover...’

She reached out her hand and they touched fingertips. ‘Only with you...’

Her mouth suddenly dried. What they’d found together was still so new. And wonderful. I think I love you. Only she didn’t voice that thought out loud.

She took her hand back and got to her feet. ‘Coffee?’

‘Oh, yes, please.’ He looked up and thanked her as she took his bowl.

‘How long have you had this place?’ Dan asked interestedly. They were relaxing on Lindsey’s big comfy sofa, their coffee and a plate of orange shortbread, compliments of Fiona, on the low table in front of them.

‘I bought it ages ago. When I decided this was where I wanted to be.’

‘For always?’

Lindsey looked startled. ‘I hadn’t thought about it like that. But my job is here. And my family.’ She frowned a bit. ‘Do you think that’s...odd?’

‘No.’ He gave her a long, intense look. ‘Knowing what you want, what makes you happy, sounds wonderfully...grounded.’

Lindsey felt a glitch of uncertainty. ‘Not boring?’

‘Is that even worth an answer?’

Probably not. ‘The house was once a miner’s cottage,’ Lindsey went on. ‘The structure was pretty sound when I bought it and I just refurbished it to my own taste as I went along.’

‘You’ve certainly put your own stamp on it.’ He looked around at the unmistakable Lindsey touches. ‘Some of your work?’ he asked, flexing a hand towards the table lamps with their blue and white ginger jar bases.

‘Some of my early pieces.’ She leant forward and poured their coffee. ‘I found the fireplace at an auction. It was in an old post office they were pulling down.’ She handed him his coffee. ‘I offered twenty dollars to get the bidding started and came home with it.’

Dan gave one of his lazy smiles. ‘I’m impressed.’

‘You should come with me some time.’ Lindsey pressed her head against his shoulder.

‘To an auction?’

‘I’m guessing you’ve never been to one. Am I right?’

‘Guilty as charged.’ His mouth tipped at one corner.

Lindsey took one of the tiny shortbreads and bit into it thoughtfully. ‘Are you still in the hospital accommodation?’

‘One of the flats. They’re not bad and close enough to the hospital to make getting to work on time less hassle.

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