The Surgeon's One Night to Forever by Ann Mcintosh

Author:Ann Mcintosh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-10-11T15:48:20+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

LIZ LEFT CORT standing on the sidewalk outside the restaurant and jumped into a cab to head home. All the fun and enjoyment she’d felt in his company had drained away at the mention of the motorcycle, and she had to wonder why her taste in men was so predictable. The more time she spent with Cort, the more he reminded her of Andrew, as if one man hooked on adventure and the need for speed wasn’t enough.

At least they didn’t look alike, at all. Andrew had been blond and sleek, with a swimmer’s physique, while Cort was more the epitome of tall, dark and handsome. A solid man, built for holding a woman in such a way that she felt safe. Protected.

Not that she needed protection. She was more than capable of protecting herself, thank you very much! Yet when Cort held her the very center of her feminine core was touched, and she felt beautiful.

But the mention of the motorbike had made her blood run cold.

When she’d first started going out with Andrew, she had ridden on the back of his bike all the time. Although he’d had a car, it had been his favorite way of getting around and Liz, not having had much experience with motorcycles, hadn’t minded until after the late fall night when they’d crashed. Luckily for her all she’d sustained had been some painful road rash and a slight concussion. Andrew had broken his arm. Had it been her with the broken ulna and radius, she’d have had to miss a key part of her practical anatomy course, and that had been a nonstarter for her.

“Come on, Liz,” Andrew had wheedled. “It’s like riding a horse. You have to get right back on. It’ll be fine. The odds of having another accident are astronomical.”

Much as she’d wanted to demand he show her those statistics, she hadn’t bothered. It wouldn’t have changed her mind. The thought of how close she’d come to losing a year of schooling had been like a shock of cold water to her system, not to mention how close they’d come to real disaster.

Andrew had slowed considerably just prior to going around the corner and having the back tire slide out from under them. Usually he’d ridden like a madman, going at phenomenal speeds. If he’d been running true to form, she had no doubt they’d both be dead.

It had been the end of her riding pillion on his bike.

And perhaps the beginning of the end of their relationship.

Sometimes she tried to tell herself that she’d just matured faster than he had, but she knew in her heart it wasn’t true. Andrew probably wouldn’t have changed and, while perhaps it made her a hypocrite to be mad at him for wanting her to change, she’d hoped he would. She’d had her life mapped out, at least roughly, and she’d longed for his approval of her plans. Instead, he’d wanted her to put her dream of being a doctor on hold, had treated it as though it hadn’t been important.

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