Dr. Cinderella's Midnight Fling by Kate Hardy

Author:Kate Hardy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

ED LAY awake; he was brooding, but not as much as he would’ve done had he been alone in his flat. Jane was sprawled all over him and it just felt better, being here with her. She had a huge heart and, even though he guessed that asking him to stay had put her in a vulnerable position, she’d seen exactly what he needed and hadn’t hesitated to offer.

He held her closer and, in response, her arms tightened round him.

Their lovemaking that night had been so sweet, so tender, and he felt that Jane really understood him—far more than anyone he’d dated before. OK, so they’d only known each other for a month, but it was long enough for him to have worked out that there was something special about her. Not just the calm, confident way she was with people at work, treating everyone with respect and kindness. Not just the physical stuff that made his heart beat faster. He liked her instinctively. He’d never felt so in tune with someone like this before. And he really hadn’t expected to fall for someone so fast.

He couldn’t tell her. Not yet. She’d come out of her shell a lot with him, but even so he didn’t want to take this too fast for her and risk her backing off again. But he was starting to hope that this was more than just a rebound fling—for both of them.

* * *

The next morning, Ed woke early; for a moment, he was disorientated, but then he remembered where he was. In Jane’s flat. In Jane’s arms.

Last night, he’d leaned on her. This morning, it was time to even up the balance. He gently disentangled himself from her arms, climbed out of bed and made coffee for them both.

‘Thank you for last night. For being there,’ he said softly, kissing her as he climbed back into bed.

‘It’s no problem. You would’ve done the same for me,’ she said.

‘Of course I would. You’re on the list of people who could call me at three in the morning and I wouldn’t yell at you for waking me up—I’d come straight to your side. And it’s not that big a list,’ he said. His parents, his siblings and his very closest friends. And Jane.

She smiled. ‘Snap.’

Funny how something so simple as drinking coffee in bed with her made his world seem brighter. He finished his coffee. ‘I’d better go back to my flat and get some clean clothes, but I’ll see you at work, OK?’

‘OK. And if you’re not busy at lunchtime,’ Jane said, ‘perhaps you might like to have lunch with Sorcha and me.’

He realised immediately what she was saying. Yesterday, he’d asked her to meet the closest person to him; and now she was returning the compliment. Letting him that little bit closer. ‘I’d like that,’ he said simply. ‘Very much.’

* * *

The ward was incredibly busy, that morning; Jane called Ed in to help her with a difficult delivery.

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