Harlequin Medical Romance October 2019, Box Set 2 of 2 by Robin Gianna

Author:Robin Gianna
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

HE WANTED HER BACK.

Before West had revealed how he felt and didn’t feel about her, Lia had harbored quiet fantasies of getting back together. But since then, even knowing that she’d only days ago questioned why he hadn’t wanted to keep seeing her and see if love developed, standing on the other side of it felt different. Scary.

Saying yes would mean entering an unequal relationship, where she loved him, but he didn’t, and may never love her back. How long was she supposed to even give that kind of a trial?

She didn’t want to be that stupid again, and had already proven she couldn’t even correctly identify love. She confused it with general happiness, and probably lust. Would she ever be able to believe him if he said the words to her again?

“I don’t want to sound cruel, and I don’t want to have a fight in the clinic, but I won’t lead you on, either. I don’t know why you want me back when you’ve been very clear that you never loved me. I didn’t realize it before, I didn’t think anyone would propose without love, so I believed it. But the truth is I don’t have any idea what that feels like.”

“What what feels like?”

“Being loved. You say you want me, and I believe you do because want doesn’t require more than physical connection—something we’re very good at.” Or had been before. They’d been too wounded and cagey since she’d returned to do more than feel things, and then stuff them away. “But you don’t love me, so I don’t know. I need to think about it, about whether we can have something healthy and happy.” She licked her lips and shook her head. “I’m glad you’re here. I don’t really believe that you came back for me, but I am glad you’re here.”

“When I said—”

“No,” she cut him off. “I don’t want to talk about this more right now. You need to eat and get a walk in before I’m willing to discharge you.” She opened her mouth to say more, but a loud, frantic cry for help from the lobby took precedence, and sent her sluggish heart back into instant overdrive.

Without another word, she turned and ran toward the voice.

* * *

“What happened?” West heard Lia say through the opened door.

“He’s not breathing. I found him like this…” a man said.

West took two big bites of the noodles she’d brought him, then shoved the table aside and got up to fetch a second gown from the cabinet to use as a robe and conceal his backside. He hadn’t gotten around to asking where his clothes were, and he was going to go help, with or without them.

“Air was really thin in there,” the man said as West made it out, breathing labored, and had obviously carried the patient in. He stood to the side, hands gripped together, worriedly watching.

“Where was it?” West asked. They’d gotten the man on the table and Lia was climbing up to straddle him, fingers linked to begin chest compressions.

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