The Australian's Proposal (Mills & Boon By Request): The Doctor's Marriage Wish / The Playboy Doctor's Proposal / The Nurse He's Been Waiting For

Author:Meredith Webber & Alison Roberts [Webber, Meredith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472045089
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 2014-11-30T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

CLOUDS were rolling in towards the North Queensland coast by 5 p.m.

Stained-glass windows in the small, Greek Orthodox church in the main township of Crocodile Creek were rattled with increasing force by the sharp wind gusts.

‘Did you hear that?’ Emily tugged on Mike’s arm. ‘It’s getting worse.’

‘Last report was that Willie’s heading further out to sea. Stop fretting, babe. Spit for luck instead.’

‘I’ve given up spitting, I told you that.’ The smile Emily shared with her fiancé spoke of a private joke and Hannah found herself smiling as well. Emily and Mike had the kind of bond she had only ever found with her sister. One where an unspoken language said so much and just a look or a touch could convey a lot more than words.

If she was ever going to get married herself, Hannah would want that kind of a bond with the man she was going to spend the rest of her life with. She had known it wouldn’t be easy to find a man she could trust to that extent. No, that wasn’t quite true. Trevor had been as reliable and trustworthy as it was possible to be—perhaps because he was so hard working and scientific and couldn’t tolerate anything that required imagination or spontaneity.

The relationship had gone from one of comfort to one of predictability. And then boredom had set in. In the end, Hannah had been quietly suffocating. The opportunity that moving to Auckland to take up her first registrar position had afforded had been too good to miss. Much to poor Trevor’s unhappy bewilderment, she had also moved on from their relationship.

She hadn’t been in another relationship since. Hurting another nice, kind, trustworthy man was not on the agenda. Risking personal disaster by trying the kind of man who was fascinating was also a place Hannah had no intention of going. Of course Susie was right. That ‘bad boy’ edge was attractive. It would be all too easy to think like most women—that they would be the one to make the difference—but it never happened like that. Not in real life.

Emily tore her eyes away from Mike to smile apologetically at Hannah. ‘I must sound like a real worry wart,’ she said, ‘but I’ve got a long veil. Can you imagine what it’s going to be like in gale-force winds?’

‘There are six of us.’ Hannah glanced at the lively group of young women milling behind her that included Mike’s sister, Maria. ‘I’m sure we’ll be able to keep your veil under control.’

Sophia put the finishing touches to yet another of the large, alternating peach and white bows she was tying to the ends of the pews and then clapped her hands.

‘Another practice!’ she ordered. ‘Michael! What are you doing? Go back up to the front with the others. Ryan! You’re supposed to be making my son behave.’

‘That’ll be the day,’ Ryan muttered. ‘Come on, mate. Let’s get this over with and then we can hit the bright lights of Crocodile Creek for a stag party, yes?’

‘That really would be the day,’ Mike responded with a grimace.

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