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and sank down next to her. He clasped muscular arms around his knees and asked, “So what happened with the fiancé? I know you don’t want to talk about whatever else is going on, and that’s fine. But tell me about him.”
She glanced over. “Michael? Not much to tell, I realize now. We were pre-med students together and then got into med school at the same time, both of us accepted to Indiana University. He wanted cardiology from the beginning, and I thought about several different specialties, but we both knew we just were driven to become physicians. Obviously, some couples manage to balance that lifestyle, but neither of us proved to be very good at it. I know doctors married to doctors, but it isn’t easy to make it. We tried living together and were more ships passing in the night than anything. When we applied for residencies, we went our separate ways.”
“I can see the time issue would be a problem.”
“It was for us. I’m just glad we didn’t actually get married and then have to go through a divorce. It’s a little old-fashioned maybe, but I want to know when and if I ever get married it is a forever deal.”
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“I’m the same way.” Jesse’s face reflected approval and the corner of his mouth—that mouth so capable of giving spectacular pleasure—
lifted a little. “One time only for me.”
“When you meet the right girl.” She meant it to come out teasingly but somehow it didn’t sound that way.
Oh no … this is the worst timing ever.
“Yeah,” he said, staring at her, the small smile fading from his face.
No way. There was no way either of them, at less than a days acquaintance, could even be thinking anything of the sort.
Love at first sight. She didn’t buy into it. Animal lust, yes. There wasn’t much question, considering the night before and this morning’s sex-a-thon.
Of course, she hadn’t exactly bought into the animal lust thing before the gorgeous Mr. McCutcheon picked her up in a blizzard either.
It was crazy. Not just what she had already done, but what she was thinking.
Clearing her throat, she switched the subject. “What are they saying about the storm now?”
“At least another day of blowing like this and then everyone can start to try and dig out. Where we are, the road will be last priority, believe me.”
Another few days then, at least.
Thank God.
58
Kate Watterson
Chapter Five
The computer screen flashed and he typed in the code, frowning as the account came up. Still no activity.
Well, fuck.
Nathan Henderson sat back in his chair, feeling frustration rise. As far as he could tell—and he’d hacked into everything possible—Dr.
Burke hadn’t used her bank card, any credit cards, or her cell phone for at least four days. The tracking device attached to her car had lost the signal somewhere north of the Wisconsin state line, probably due some pretty bad weather they were having up there.
In short, he had no idea where the lady might be.
The trouble with dealing with someone like her was she was smart. It irked him to think so far she’d managed to circumvent his every effort to pin something down but somehow she had. Was she now running scared?
Yes, she was. Motivation was the question.
He liked to think he was more cerebral than having to resort to underhanded tactics like the past few weeks, but given the situation he hadn’t had a choice. He was operating outside the lines, trying to keep things as low profile as possible.
For some very good reasons.
There wasn’t much doubt she’d have to come back eventually. No one with a full lucrative practice who spent all that time going through medical school would let it go easily.
There was no choice but to wait until she resurfaced and see what happened next.
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* * * *
It was bone-freezing cold, the wind chill in below zero double digits, and probably dangerous to be outside for long but at least the blizzard conditions had abated.
She glanced over. “Michael? Not much to tell, I realize now. We were pre-med students together and then got into med school at the same time, both of us accepted to Indiana University. He wanted cardiology from the beginning, and I thought about several different specialties, but we both knew we just were driven to become physicians. Obviously, some couples manage to balance that lifestyle, but neither of us proved to be very good at it. I know doctors married to doctors, but it isn’t easy to make it. We tried living together and were more ships passing in the night than anything. When we applied for residencies, we went our separate ways.”
“I can see the time issue would be a problem.”
“It was for us. I’m just glad we didn’t actually get married and then have to go through a divorce. It’s a little old-fashioned maybe, but I want to know when and if I ever get married it is a forever deal.”
Blindsided 57
“I’m the same way.” Jesse’s face reflected approval and the corner of his mouth—that mouth so capable of giving spectacular pleasure—
lifted a little. “One time only for me.”
“When you meet the right girl.” She meant it to come out teasingly but somehow it didn’t sound that way.
Oh no … this is the worst timing ever.
“Yeah,” he said, staring at her, the small smile fading from his face.
No way. There was no way either of them, at less than a days acquaintance, could even be thinking anything of the sort.
Love at first sight. She didn’t buy into it. Animal lust, yes. There wasn’t much question, considering the night before and this morning’s sex-a-thon.
Of course, she hadn’t exactly bought into the animal lust thing before the gorgeous Mr. McCutcheon picked her up in a blizzard either.
It was crazy. Not just what she had already done, but what she was thinking.
Clearing her throat, she switched the subject. “What are they saying about the storm now?”
“At least another day of blowing like this and then everyone can start to try and dig out. Where we are, the road will be last priority, believe me.”
Another few days then, at least.
Thank God.
58
Kate Watterson
Chapter Five
The computer screen flashed and he typed in the code, frowning as the account came up. Still no activity.
Well, fuck.
Nathan Henderson sat back in his chair, feeling frustration rise. As far as he could tell—and he’d hacked into everything possible—Dr.
Burke hadn’t used her bank card, any credit cards, or her cell phone for at least four days. The tracking device attached to her car had lost the signal somewhere north of the Wisconsin state line, probably due some pretty bad weather they were having up there.
In short, he had no idea where the lady might be.
The trouble with dealing with someone like her was she was smart. It irked him to think so far she’d managed to circumvent his every effort to pin something down but somehow she had. Was she now running scared?
Yes, she was. Motivation was the question.
He liked to think he was more cerebral than having to resort to underhanded tactics like the past few weeks, but given the situation he hadn’t had a choice. He was operating outside the lines, trying to keep things as low profile as possible.
For some very good reasons.
There wasn’t much doubt she’d have to come back eventually. No one with a full lucrative practice who spent all that time going through medical school would let it go easily.
There was no choice but to wait until she resurfaced and see what happened next.
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* * * *
It was bone-freezing cold, the wind chill in below zero double digits, and probably dangerous to be outside for long but at least the blizzard conditions had abated.
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