Dashing Doctor, Pregnant Nurse by Vivian Kees

Author:Vivian Kees
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 2013-04-09T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

Janine waited for Kyle on the front steps the next day. He said he’d be there at noon and sure enough, prompt as ever, there he was coming up the steps with what looked to be a coffee cup in each hand.

“Decaf for you. Too much caffeine isn’t good for the baby.” He opened his cup and took a sip before grabbing her bag.

“The baby is fine. You needn’t worry about how I take care of myself, if that’s what you’re insinuating.”

He laughed, which surprised her, his eyes lighting up flashing her a look of unabashed amusement. “I didn’t mean anything by that. Look at it as a caring gesture, one of concern. I am, after all, a doctor.”

She winced, wondering how harsh her words had sounded coming out. Either she lightened up and dumped the attitude, or it was going to make for one heck of a long weekend.

Inside Kyle’s car, she settled back in the passenger’s seat and stared ahead sampling the decaf. It wasn’t so bad. “Just how much does your mother know about you and I?” It was obvious the woman still thought they were together and her guess was that they were rather serious.

Kyle started the car and pulled out onto the road. “I might have mentioned you to her a couple times in passing. We were still together at the time so I didn’t see any harm in telling her. She asked one day if I was seeing anyone and I was truthful. You, on the other hand, I still wonder when you intended, if at all, to tell me about—”

“I would have when I was ready,” she replied, fast to cut him off. “So many things were happening, and it all spun out of control.”

“Did you think I would be angry? Shirk my duty? You know I’m not like that. So let’s just get through this weekend and take life as it comes. You don’t want me. I’ve accepted it and moved on.”

“And your mother? She needs to know our situation and I don’t mean the baby. She guessed that much about me with one look.”

He threw back his head and chuckled, keeping both hands firm on the steering wheel. “I guess she told you she’s a midwife.”

Janine nodded.

“She’s had a knack for such things or a gift if you want to call it that all her life. It’s uncanny at times. She never mentioned it to me all the same.”

“I think she knew that you didn’t know. And maybe that’s why she was insistent that we have this weekend together.”

“My mother is an extremely smart and perceptive woman. I certainly wouldn’t put it past her. Even with her forward thinking, she’s still a traditionalist in many ways. Family is everything to her.”

Glancing out the passenger’s side window, Janine reflected on her own family and lack thereof.

Her childhood had been a nightmare, just one foster home after another and while she hadn’t suffered any sort of abuse, love had certainly been lacking. When she turned of age, she got out and there had been no looking back.

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