BONE: A Contemporary Romantic Medical Suspense Story by Dee Palmer

Author:Dee Palmer [Palmer, Dee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novel
Publisher: Dee Palmer
Published: 2018-07-25T16:00:00+00:00

“Hold the lift!” A familiar urgent voice echoes off the concrete walls in the underground car park and there’s a rush of heavy footsteps. David McCallister slides to a stop and steps smoothly through the doors that I just managed to hold for him.

”Thank you.” He effortlessly regains his composure and smiles a warm and winning smile at me. Recognition and pleasure illuminate his dark blue eyes, and I have to give at least a little credence to Harper’s observation of the good doctor: He is a little dreamy.

“No problem.” I hold my finger over the array of floor options.

“Oh, twelve, please.” He stands with his shoulder to mine, despite the ample space. We’ve had coffee a few times since our first meeting last Monday and we have this Saturday planned, still this contact feels strangely and inappropriately intimate. Manners and elevator etiquette prevent me seeking my own personal space even if the social awkwardness is pulsing off of me in waves. I must have an expression of confusion when I look up. He grins and purses his full lip like something amuses him. “Did you do anything fun over the weekend Regan?”

I take the question as an opportunity to turn and face him, creating just enough space for me to break contact. My reply is breezy, and I even brush his arm because I now feel more awkward for moving away. It’s not like he had me pressed up against the wall, fingers sunk knuckle deep inside me like someone else I know would’ve done in an empty elevator. I can feel my face start to heat with my wayward thoughts, and I quickly shake the image away.

“I had a sleepover for three hyperactive five-year-olds who systematically ransacked every room in my apartment and possibly gave me tinnitus.” I rub my ear at the memory of enduring the incessant high-pitched squeals from three feisty first graders all weekend.

“You were babysitting?”

“An advance favour for next weekend,” I explain, because no one in their right mind would volunteer for that level of torture. “Only my friend has twins, so she gets a twofer.”

“Ah, got it. I guess it must be tricky being on your own.”

“It was. Not so much now. I have a great network of friends, and besides, I’m usually a hermit, so it’s not like I’m always draining the favour bank.” I shrug. As hard as it was in the beginning, it’s more than manageable now. I love my life with Ruby, and I wouldn’t change a thing.

“Then I’m honoured you chose to use one of those favours for me.”

“Right back at you. I’ve never been asked to a ball.” I go to slap a playful hand on his chest, my tone light and jokey, until he captures my hand and holds it in his. He tugs me to close the gap I had created. I look up as he looks down.

“That’s a crime right there.” His words are almost lost with the swoosh of the doors opening.

“Nurse Jones.” The voice is a calm greeting, his tone like a reprimanding slap.

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