Harlequin Medical Romance October 2016, Box Set 2 of 2 by Amy Andrews

Author:Amy Andrews
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488024771
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

THERE WERE TIMES when Joe needed his medical work to give his life meaning and other times it was something he felt compelled to do. Today it felt like the latter. He’d volunteered to come to Yasi because he’d genuinely wanted to help, and he still did, but the success of the clinic had curtailed his personal life. That hadn’t been a problem up until now. He’d spent all day treating one patient after another with Emily almost within arm’s reach. It was torture if he was expected to forget everything that had happened between them.

He shouldn’t complain, though, when their outreach yesterday had garnered so many follow-up appointments. It would go a long way towards improving the long-term health of the inhabitants. At one point they’d had a queue outside of people waiting to be seen for check-ups, which hadn’t happened since he’d set up the clinic. Such an influx could’ve been overwhelming for Emily, especially since she’d chosen not to cover up her birthmark again. Of course there’d been comments and stares but she’d dealt with them all without any upset or drama, as if she’d reconciled herself about living without the make-up.

When she’d turned up this morning, her natural beauty shining through, all he’d wanted to do was take her in his arms and kiss her. It didn’t matter it had turned out to have been an oversight on her part, her actions since had established her bravery and made him want her more. Every inadvertent brush against each other since had simply increased his desire to act on that impulse—impossible given their circumstances, not to mention the room full of people between them for most of the day. He couldn’t afford to let anyone else down when he was still coming to terms with the last time he’d failed people who had needed his help.

They were making a difference here and that’s what was important. Along with minor ailments and a test of his suturing skills on one of the local craftsmen, who’d whittled his hand instead of the wood he was supposed to be carving, they’d uncovered a few more serious health issues in the older population. Emily had confided in him about Sou, but diabetes, along with hypertension, wasn’t an uncommon problem in remote regions like Yasi. Without adequate primary health care access and education, the rates of non-communicable diseases were often high and many cardiovascular risk factors also went unchecked. He already had a list of patients who’d require further investigation and treatment in proper hospital facilities.

In turn, the island was also doing Emily the power of good. That creep of an ex-husband had taken a sledgehammer to her confidence with his callous behaviour but she was flourishing out here. The same woman who forty-eight hours ago had been unable to walk more than twenty paces without touching up her make-up and had wanted to hide from company was fresh-faced and joking about with the locals.

She’d told all manner of tall tales to explain the birthmark, making light of it to avoid any awkwardness.

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