Forbidden Fling with Dr. Right by JC Harroway
Author:JC Harroway
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-12-23T19:24:06+00:00
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âYou didnât have to walk me back to the hotel,â she said, shivering slightly at Joeâs proximity and pulling her cardigan closed over her chest.
âI wasnât going to let you walk the streets of Amsterdam alone,â he said, stepping closer so their arms almost touched. âAnd I want to talk to you as much as I want to ensure that youâre safe, for my own peace of mind. Would you like my jacket?â
She shook her head. Darcyâs body trembles were down to full-blown anticipation. Especially when he looked at her the way heâd been doing all day, as if she were a dessert he wanted to devour.
Heaven help her...
âIâve wanted to get you alone,â he said, placing his hand in the small of her back as the crowd of passers-by clogged the pavement. Not that she minded. Ever since sheâd watched him drive away from her street sheâd craved a return to this closeness. No matter how many times sheâd reasoned that it was better if they never happened, she couldnât be convinced.
Darcy forced herself to breathe in something approximating a normal rhythm at his sure and resolute touch. âHave you?â
Me, too, a voice yelled inside her head as she recalled the torture of being at his side most of the day but also surrounded by people. Because spending the day with Joe, away from their professional roles and with no emotional triggers to cloud the issue, sheâd been consumed with him so she hardly knew the contents of her own sensible mind.
He glanced her way, his eye contact bold and steady, as if he knew exactly how paper-thin were her defences and arguments. âYes, I want to thank you for sensing my extreme vulnerability and kicking me out that night.â
Darcyâs heart clenched at his honesty. The longer she knew Joe, the more she learned that what you saw was who he was. No games, no tactics, no hidden agenda. Heâd sat next to her in the lecture theatre rather than sitting with consultant colleagues. Heâd asked for her opinions on the topics presented and introduced her to the internationally renowned surgeons that he knew.
Heâd even stood up for her to the self-important Professor Jensen. She couldnât recall the last time anyone had done that. Self-reliant Darcy could take care of herself, but it was nice to know that he cared.
âYouâre welcome.â She smiled and her cheeks ached; sheâd smiled so much today. âAlthough, at the time I regretted it immediately.â
Her breath stuttered in her chest at admitting how much she still wanted him. But she refused to enter this fling based on just common or garden lust. She cared about him as a person too much.
And youâve never felt lust this powerful before.
Because things had changed. Finally, she felt like his professional equal, as if Joe understood her, respected her, valued her. Her whole life sheâd craved the acceptance that she was okay, that she wasnât defective because of her fatherâs repeated and confusing abandonment. To feel
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