Her Mr. Right? by Karen Rose Smith

Author:Karen Rose Smith [Smith, Karen Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2008-12-22T23:00:00+00:00

A few hours later, Neil had to admit he was looking for Isobel, not taking a stroll around the hospital to pick up any unusual undercurrents. When he spotted her in a lounge on the second floor talking with a couple, he stopped and observed. He didn’t know who the couple were or what they might be discussing. The woman looked distraught, with tears on her cheeks. The man appeared to be upset, too, but was trying to conceal whatever he was feeling to listen to Isobel. Neil could easily see the compassion on Isobel’s face. She was leaning into the couple, not backing away. There was no partition that she hid behind. He’d witnessed detachment on social workers’ faces, on doctors’ faces, so they didn’t become too involved with whoever they were helping. Not Isobel. She was right there. That was the thing. She was always right there. Whenever he looked at Isobel, he knew he was missing something important in his life, something he’d done without for far too long. She made him dream again, and he didn’t know if that was good or bad.

After a few more minutes she stood, picked up the file folder on the table beside her and left the lounge. She looked startled when she spotted Neil, and glanced at her watch as if she didn’t have much time to talk.

“On your way somewhere?” Neil asked.

“Back to my office for a conference call.”

Two women brushed by them into the lounge.

“We can talk in the elevator.”

“Neil—”

“What? You don’t want to be seen walking to the elevator with me?”

“That’s not it at all. It’s just everything between us is becoming too…too explosive.”

Gazing into her dark-brown eyes, wanting to feel her in his arms again, more than ready to take her to his room at the Inn, he knew exactly what she meant. “Come on. The elevator will contain the fireworks.”

She shook her head as if she couldn’t believe her own stupidity in walking with him and kept pace beside him as he headed for the elevator. Fortunately, he snagged a car that was empty.

As soon as they stepped inside and the doors closed, he assured her, “MacGregor and Green couldn’t see us this morning. That frosted window in the door prevents anyone from looking in.”

“They didn’t have to see us to know what we were doing. One look at my face and hair probably told them everything.”

He turned to her and clasped her arm. “What do you want to do?”

She looked troubled and confused and way too vulnerable. “Maybe we need some breathing space.”

“Together or apart?”

She just rolled her eyes as the bell in the elevator dinged, announcing their floor.

He pressed the button to keep the door closed. “You want me to stay in my office and keep away from yours. All right, I’ll do that. But answer me one question first.”

“What?”

She was obviously expecting something personal and that wasn’t where he was going. “Who do you think the informant is?”

Her eyes went wide. “The informant? I don’t know.

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