Harlequin Medical Romance June 2018--Box Set 2 of 2 by Sue MacKay

Author:Sue MacKay
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488089084
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, Lorenzo stayed over at Jenna’s and joined her in taking Charlie for a walk on Saturday morning.

‘He’s gorgeous. A big fluffy teddy bear of a dog,’ he said, ruffling the dog’s fur.

‘He’s a cockapoo—a cross between a cocker spaniel and a poodle,’ Jenna explained. ‘And he’s got such a sweet nature. I think he’d make a fabulous therapy dog, but obviously Evelyn wouldn’t be able to manage taking him round to schools or nursing homes or what have you.’

Charlie was on his best behaviour, walking nicely beside them rather than pulling, and sitting nicely while waiting for Jenna and Lorenzo to throw the tennis ball for him in turn.

‘He’s a great dog,’ Lorenzo said.

‘Have you ever thought about having a dog of your own?’ she asked.

He shook his head. ‘Not with the hours I work. I’d have to leave the dog home alone for too long.’

‘Me, too,’ she said. ‘I grew up with dogs, so I miss having one around and it’s nice to be able to help Evelyn with him.’

With Georgia working part time, Lorenzo had thought about getting a dog. His family had always had a dog while he was growing up and he had wanted the same opportunities for Florence. Especially as Florence had always made a beeline for Suki, his parents’ golden retriever, whenever they had been at his parents’ house. He’d been about to suggest it when Georgia had dropped the bombshell about Florence not being his, and that she was leaving him to make a new life with Florence’s natural father.

She’d moved away and left him to pick up the pieces of his own life—selling the house, which had taken months and months, and giving Georgia her share through his lawyer; sorting out all the paperwork for the divorce; facing all the pity and the conversations that stopped suddenly when he walked into the staff kitchen at work; and seeing the sorrow in his mother’s eyes every time she looked at him, because she clearly realised how deeply all this had hurt him and hated the fact she couldn’t fix it for him.

Lorenzo had struggled on for more than a year. He’d actually been at the point of asking his parents if they’d look after a dog for him during the day, because going back to that empty house with all the memories had made him so lonely and miserable. And then finally the house had sold and then the job had come up at Muswell Hill Memorial Hospital. The same job he’d always loved, but with new colleagues who didn’t know his past and wouldn’t look at him with pity. He’d jumped at the chance.

He knew he ought to tell Jenna about Florence. He didn’t think she was the pitying sort, but he didn’t want to take the risk that it would change the way she saw him. He liked the fact that she saw him for himself.

‘Let’s play ball with him,’ he said, and held his hand out for the tennis ball.

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