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patiently explaining the merits and pitfalls of the crucial choice he had made that morning in resus. And though he spoke about nothing but the patient, though he was nothing but friendly and professional, Meg couldn’t help but notice how easily and readily he chatted with the student. How familiar they seemed with each other. And, more pointedly, even if she had wanted to, Meg couldn’t miss the rapt expression on Carla’s face, the flirty way she looked up at him from under her eyelashes.
There was something going on here that Meg didn’t quite understand. And what was more, Meg realised as she left them to it and slipped away unnoticed, she wasn’t entirely sure that she wanted to.
CHAPTER FOUR
‘A NYONE there catch your eye?’ Kathy breezed into the living room and Meg hastily put down the guest list she had been stealing a look at.
‘There must be a hundred names there!’ Meg exclaimed.
‘I’m sure Mum can stretch to one hundred and one if there’s someone I’ve missed out.’ Kathy’s voice was loaded with innuendo and Meg deliberately chose to ignore it.
‘I’m sure there’s enough there to be going on with.’
There was. The one name Meg was interested in— Flynn’s name—was right there near the top. Unfortunately Kathy had listed the guests randomly, so there was no way of telling if the ‘Maria’ above his name or the ‘Louise’ below it was his partner. And more worrying was the utter relief she felt that Carla’s name most definitely wasn’t there. But if she asked Kathy, Meg might just as well take out a full-page advertisement in the local paper telling the world she had a crush on Flynn Kelsey.
A bit more than a crush, Meg admitted to herself reluctantly, but she wasn’t in any rush to give her heart away again—and certainly not to someone so effortlessly divine, so overtly charismatic as Flynn Kelsey. After all, hadn’t she left her last job because of a disastrous relationship? Even though Vincehadn’t worked with her, his infidelity had permeated her workplace. A casual fling—and Meg thought glumly that that was all it would be to Flynn—was a recipe for disaster. It wasn’t just her heart she had to look out for either, her resumé simply wasn’t up to another update. Inevitably it would end in tears— most probably hers—and three jobs in six months wasn’t a record Meg wanted to achieve.
And yet…
In the past few weeks Meg had found herself glancing at the medical staff’s roster with more than a passing interest, and to her dying shame had agreed to an overtime shift just because Flynn was on duty. And though she loved working with him, adored the constant verbal sparring, the undeniable flirting, each shift was tempered with a sense of frustration, a need to finish whatever it was they had both started, to somehow let them draw their own natural conclusion.
Flynn Kelsey was more to Meg than just another colleague, and to deny it would be an outright lie.
‘What are you daydreaming about?’
Meg shook her head. ‘Nothing.’ How she would love to confide in Kathy—ask her for some insight, find out once and for all if she was wasting her time. Contrary to what Flynn had said about Kathy playing matchmaker, Flynn’s name had never even been brought up once. But Meg knew her sister only too well, and subtle certainly wasn’t her middle name. If Meg even remotely asked about him, and if Flynn did turn out to be single, Kathy would think nothing of seizing the day and engineering a dance or three at the party, or some quiet little dinner with Flynn andMeg making up the numbers—by chance, of course! That was the sort of help she could do without. It was far safer all round to keep quiet and steer the conversation back to the party and the wedding.
‘I know that look.’ Kathy picked up the list. ‘Come on, Meg, surely someone there catches your eye? What about Lee—six foot two, blue eyes…?’
‘I don’t think I’m ready for a man with
There was something going on here that Meg didn’t quite understand. And what was more, Meg realised as she left them to it and slipped away unnoticed, she wasn’t entirely sure that she wanted to.
CHAPTER FOUR
‘A NYONE there catch your eye?’ Kathy breezed into the living room and Meg hastily put down the guest list she had been stealing a look at.
‘There must be a hundred names there!’ Meg exclaimed.
‘I’m sure Mum can stretch to one hundred and one if there’s someone I’ve missed out.’ Kathy’s voice was loaded with innuendo and Meg deliberately chose to ignore it.
‘I’m sure there’s enough there to be going on with.’
There was. The one name Meg was interested in— Flynn’s name—was right there near the top. Unfortunately Kathy had listed the guests randomly, so there was no way of telling if the ‘Maria’ above his name or the ‘Louise’ below it was his partner. And more worrying was the utter relief she felt that Carla’s name most definitely wasn’t there. But if she asked Kathy, Meg might just as well take out a full-page advertisement in the local paper telling the world she had a crush on Flynn Kelsey.
A bit more than a crush, Meg admitted to herself reluctantly, but she wasn’t in any rush to give her heart away again—and certainly not to someone so effortlessly divine, so overtly charismatic as Flynn Kelsey. After all, hadn’t she left her last job because of a disastrous relationship? Even though Vincehadn’t worked with her, his infidelity had permeated her workplace. A casual fling—and Meg thought glumly that that was all it would be to Flynn—was a recipe for disaster. It wasn’t just her heart she had to look out for either, her resumé simply wasn’t up to another update. Inevitably it would end in tears— most probably hers—and three jobs in six months wasn’t a record Meg wanted to achieve.
And yet…
In the past few weeks Meg had found herself glancing at the medical staff’s roster with more than a passing interest, and to her dying shame had agreed to an overtime shift just because Flynn was on duty. And though she loved working with him, adored the constant verbal sparring, the undeniable flirting, each shift was tempered with a sense of frustration, a need to finish whatever it was they had both started, to somehow let them draw their own natural conclusion.
Flynn Kelsey was more to Meg than just another colleague, and to deny it would be an outright lie.
‘What are you daydreaming about?’
Meg shook her head. ‘Nothing.’ How she would love to confide in Kathy—ask her for some insight, find out once and for all if she was wasting her time. Contrary to what Flynn had said about Kathy playing matchmaker, Flynn’s name had never even been brought up once. But Meg knew her sister only too well, and subtle certainly wasn’t her middle name. If Meg even remotely asked about him, and if Flynn did turn out to be single, Kathy would think nothing of seizing the day and engineering a dance or three at the party, or some quiet little dinner with Flynn andMeg making up the numbers—by chance, of course! That was the sort of help she could do without. It was far safer all round to keep quiet and steer the conversation back to the party and the wedding.
‘I know that look.’ Kathy picked up the list. ‘Come on, Meg, surely someone there catches your eye? What about Lee—six foot two, blue eyes…?’
‘I don’t think I’m ready for a man with
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