Harlequin Medical Romance December 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2: Playboy Doc's Mistletoe Kiss\From Christmas to Forever?\Miracle Under the Mistletoe (Midwives On-Call at Christmas) by Beckett Tina & Lennox Marion & Taylor Jennifer

Author:Beckett, Tina & Lennox, Marion & Taylor, Jennifer [Beckett, Tina]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781459293687
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

HIS STIPULATION WAS that Polly stayed in bed until noon. She agreed, but reluctantly. She also didn’t like it that Hugo had pulled in yet more help.

His housekeeper was away. Ruby was on school holidays. He needed to care for Ruby, but Polly figured she could at least do that.

But she’d got tired of arguing last night. She’d fallen back into bed and when she woke it was nine o’clock. Okay, Hugo had a point. As a childminder she was currently less than efficient.

She snagged her glucose meter and took a reading. Six point three. Nice. ‘I’ve won, Snake,’ she said out loud and settled back on her pillows feeling smug.

Or sort of smug. She was still sore. She’d made origami gifts with Ruby the day before, but in truth it had been a struggle. Maybe Hugo was right with his two days of rest.

He looked like a man who was used to being right, she thought. Typical surgeon.

But the thought didn’t quite come off in her head. It sounded a bit...lame.

Hugo wasn’t typical anything, she thought.

There was a scratch on the door.

‘Yes?’

Ruby’s head poked around. Looking scared. She’d relaxed a little the day before when she’d been engrossed in origami frogs, but tension was never far from this little one.

‘Hi.’ Polly smiled, hoping for a smile in return.

‘Are you awake?’ she whispered.

‘Yes.’ She edged over on the bed. ‘Want to come and visit?’ The bedspread was pretty—patchwork. Had Ruby’s grandma made it?

The house was cosy. A family house. Home of Hugo and Grace and their mum and dad.

She found herself hoping Grace had had a happy childhood and suddenly she thought she bet she had. Depression usually didn’t strike until the teens. She looked out of the window at the valley beyond. A tyre swing was hanging from a huge gum nearer to the house.

Hugo would have used that swing...

She was still feeling odd. How bad had that hypo been last night? She shouldn’t be feeling weird now.

Ruby was still by the door, still looking nervous, but she was obviously on a mission. ‘I have to find out your blood sugar level before you get up,’ Ruby quavered and Polly pulled herself back to the here and now.

Blood sugar level. It was six point three; she’d just taken it. She went to say it but then she paused. Something made her stop.

I have to find out your blood sugar level...

‘Did your Uncle Hugo tell you to find out?’

‘He says you’re d...diabetic and your blood sugar has to be under ten and above four and if it’s not I have to ring him and he says I have to make sure you still have juice on your bedside table.’

Polly glanced at her bedside table. There was a glass of juice there.

Hugo must have brought it in last night or early this morning. He must have come into her bedroom while she was asleep.

Creepy?

No. Caring.

But she didn’t like caring. She didn’t like fuss. She’d been swamped with fuss since childhood.

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