Harlequin Medical Romance June 2017, Box Set 2 of 2 by Sue MacKay

Author:Sue MacKay
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488022081
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

ARTHUR WENT INTO the kitchen and checked on Juzzy, unsure how he felt at having Maybelle so close. Where he hadn’t wanted to spend time with her, doing paperwork and eating pizza, because he simply hadn’t been able to trust himself not to grab her and kiss her, he now had to fight the way she’d felt in his arms, the way her scent seemed to be permanently swirling around him, confusing his logical thought process.

Since she’d made a reappearance in his life, his thoughts had been continually drifting back to the past, pleased he now had some answers to the questions that had sat at the back of his mind for far too long. They may not have been the answers he’d been expecting, especially the bombshell she’d dropped earlier today, telling him that her mother had been murdered.

He’d always had mixed feelings about Maybelle’s parents but most of them were from an adolescent perspective. He’d thought they should have paid more attention to their daughter, that they should have spent more time with her, but now, as an adult and as a medical professional, he could understand their dedication to their profession. Add to that everything Maybelle had told him about their work and he had a new appreciation for Samantha and Hank Fleming. To think of Samantha being killed and then to think of Maybelle witnessing that incident—his heart ached for them both.

In fact, it had made it almost impossible for him to concentrate on his paperwork and in the end he’d given up and left the hospital early, wondering if he could drop by Maybelle’s apartment and offer her a hug. He wanted her to know he was there for her, as a friend, as a sounding board, as a guide in finally obtaining the normal life she wanted. He doubted, given what she’d told him, that her life would ever be completely normal, but then a lot of people in the world managed to make it through very traumatic experiences to achieve a new level of normal. That was what he wanted to help Maybelle to achieve. After all, deep down inside she was still his May and she was still most definitely beautiful.

What Arthur hadn’t expected was to find Maybelle sitting on his laundry floor, the dog on her lap, both of them asleep. How long had she been there, sleeping in such an awkward position? When he’d moved the dog from her lap, he’d expected Maybelle to stir, but she hadn’t. That was when he’d realised just how exhausted she must be. Had she been sleeping at all since moving to town? She’d said that her father had died a few months ago, so had she managed to have a decent night’s sleep since then? This entire week she’d been at the hospital long before her shift began, which usually indicated the inability to sleep or settle.

With Juzzy all tucked up in her little bed and sleeping soundly—just like Maybelle—he

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