Harlequin Special Edition August 2014 - Bundle 1 of 2: From Maverick to Daddy\One Tall, Dusty Cowboy\A Kiss on Crimson Ranch by Teresa Southwick

Author:Teresa Southwick
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4603-3972-5
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Three days later, Lilly was sitting across a desk from Chet Anderson, the director of nursing for Tahoe General. In his late thirties, he was an attractive man with dark brown hair and eyes to match. She’d heard rumors that his wife divorced him several years ago, but she’d never discussed anything that private with the man. And though he routinely asked her for a date, she’d only accepted one time and that had been for an innocent lunch at the hospital cafeteria.

This morning, however, he’d not summoned her to his office to ask her to dinner. Even though he was smiling at her like the thought was on his mind.

“Look, Lilly, I really didn’t call you up here to give you a lecture.” Picking up a white coffee mug, he leaned back in his desk. “I know what you’re dealing with. Doctor Sherman is a pain in the butt. And if it was left up to me, he’d be gone from this hospital before the day ended. Unfortunately, I don’t have the authority to hire and fire doctors.”

Crossing her legs, she carefully smoothed the hem of her skirt over her knee. “I’m sorry, Chet. I shouldn’t have said anything to Doctor Sherman. But sending a patient to surgery on a hunch that something is broken is shabby doctoring, if you ask me.”

“He says he was trying to cut costs.”

“At that point the patient wasn’t concerned about cost. He was more worried about being cut unnecessarily!”

“I have no doubt about that.”

“Sherman thinks of himself as a diagnostic genius. And perhaps he is, but we’re supposed to follow the proper procedures with our patients here at Tahoe.” Pausing, she shook her head with regret. “Even so, I should have handled the situation with a little more tact. Now you’ve had to listen to Sherman ranting and raving about a disobedient nurse. And I deeply apologize for that.”

“You are one of the best RNs this hospital has, Lilly. I trust you to always do the right thing. Don’t worry about Sherman,” he said dismissively. “I’ll deal with him. He won’t like it. But I think he and I will come to some understanding. And if he gives you any more trouble just come to me. I’ll take care of him.”

“Thank you, Chet. I promise I’ll try to keep my cool around the man. And if I have anything to say to him, I’ll make sure I don’t do it in front of a patient.” Scooting to the edge of the chair, she started to rise, only to have him immediately wave her back down. “Is there something else?”

“Not about Sherman,” he said. “I can’t let you out of my office without asking you if you’d like to have dinner one night. Maybe tomorrow night?”

Chet Anderson would be a great catch for any woman and she genuinely liked the man. But he didn’t make her heart go pitter-patter. When she looked at him, she couldn’t imagine touching him in the ways she’d touched Rafe, feeling the things she’d felt with Rafe.

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