Playboy Doc's Mistletoe Kiss by Tina Beckett

Author:Tina Beckett [Beckett, Tina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

JESS’S SKATES SCRAPED across the ice, bringing her to a halt right in front of him. She hadn’t said anything about being an expert skater. But she was. And the healthy pink flush to her cheeks was a welcome sight after the pale translucence her skin had had in those first few days that her niece had been in the SCBU.

“Having fun?” he asked. He had to admit that he was. In spite of the news of his father’s release from prison, and his concern about the preemie of their eclampsia patient, Dean was having a good time.

And most of it was due to the woman in front of him. This was why he didn’t do relationships. He’d learned the hard way that if you got too attached to a person, they would go away. His dad had gone to prison for beating his mother—which was a good thing—but it was damned hard to obliterate your feelings for a parent, no matter how heinous his behavior might be.

And then his mum. As soon as she’d recovered from that last beating, she’d decided she’d had enough of the whole ugly scene. Dean had been sixteen. Legally old enough to be emancipated, if they’d gone before a magistrate. But had his mum done that? No. She’d simply cut him loose and left him behind saying he was old enough to be on his own. After all, he’d already been working and had been almost through school.

And yet he still loved his mother, even after all these years, even if he hated the choices she’d made along the way.

“I’m having a wonderful time,” Jess said. “At least skating is one thing I’m not afraid of.”

“We should take some pictures here as well. After all, that’s why we came, isn’t it?”

A shadow fell across her face, the first since they’d put their skates on a half-hour ago. Jess was head and shoulders above him as far as skill levels went. But that didn’t mean he hadn’t liked watching her skim across the ice like some kind of professional athlete. He’d even seen a few of the men on the ice watch her as she flew past.

She wasn’t going to pick anyone up here, though. Even though their bet was over and done with, he wrapped an arm around her waist and reeled her in. Jess gave a quiet squeak. “What are you doing?”

He leaned in close. “Making sure everyone knows that you’re mine for the day.”

But not for the night. Which brought him back to that failed bet. Worst decision in history. He should have offered himself up for her little experiment at the very beginning, and been done with it. No more suppressed instincts. No more wondering what it might have been like if they’d fallen into bed together.

He was an expert at keeping his emotions out of any sexual encounters. He couldn’t say the same of Jess, which was what had ultimately stopped him. One of his biggest rules

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