His Surgeon Under the Southern Lights by Robin Gianna

Author:Robin Gianna
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-07-10T15:06:50+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

THE DRAKE PASSAGE had finally calmed and the boat would apparently be docking any second, which Jordan was glad about. She wanted to be busier, and she also wanted to get more divers to try the earplug device. Zeke had said he thought it worked, which was exciting, but she needed a lot of data, not just one man’s opinion, from one dive.

Zeke. She didn’t want to admit it to herself, but she missed seeing him. In the light of day, outside the intimate cocoon of that tent, she’d felt a little embarrassed at her confessions about her childhood longings that had formed what she’d decided she wanted for her adulthood.

But he’d been a wonderful listener, and his words in response had been supportive, not critical. Ever since they’d been back at the station, he hadn’t come to sit next to her in the galley. Hadn’t asked her to dive with him again. She hadn’t even caught him watching her as she ate, the way she had the first few days she’d been there, just sending her a casual wave and a smile if they saw one another across the room.

She should be glad about that. The complication of a relationship with him here, when there could be no future for them after the expedition was over, wasn’t worth it. The way she’d reacted to his kisses, to his smiles, to his touch, told her she could have fallen way too hard for the man, and for what? Six months of fun, followed by months of missing him? Or worse, meeting men at home and feeling like they just didn’t measure up?

She huffed out a long breath. That would be terrible and she could absolutely see it happening. In so many ways, Zeke Edwards was larger than life, but he was not the “forever after” she wanted. He’d even told her as much. No, the future love of her life was waiting somewhere for her in London, and with any luck, she’d be meeting him in the not-too-distant future after she left Antarctica.

So why couldn’t she get Ezekiel Edwards off her mind?

Practically every time she thought of the amazing aurora australis, memories of the seductive kiss they’d shared made her lips tingle and her mouth water. She’d thought of him during the next rounds of first-aid training, which he hadn’t come to, even though last time he’d said he’d help again. She’d missed his teasing smile and amused eyes and the warmth he brought to every room the minute he walked in.

Fletcher Station was big enough that they rarely ran into each other, and yet she found herself looking for him wherever she went, hoping to see him. And that was just plain annoying. Ridiculous, when she’d been the one to tell him an ice affair was not on her list of things to do, and he’d fully agreed that he didn’t want one, either. Thank heavens that, with so many new people arriving today, more work would provide the distraction she apparently needed.

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