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turned her back to him, her heart still hammering wildly against her chest, her breathing erratic, her cheeks flushed and her legs threatening to fail her. She fumbled with her key but another second had her door open and she was soon safely on the other side of it.
Breathing a sigh of relief, glad she’d been able to break free from the overwhelming sensations Miles had evoked deep within her, she stayed where she was, head back against the door, eyes closed, eager for her lungs to once again be filled with the appropriate amount of oxygen.
‘Goodnight, Janessa. Sleep well,’ she heard him say through the paper-thin walls, and then she heard him open his own door and walk into his apartment. She closed her eyes again and allowed his rich, deep tones to wash over her, delighting at the way her name seemed to sound like a caress from his lips.
Slowly, she opened her eyes and pushed away from the door to walk on unsteady legs towards her bedroom. Miles had just kissed her! The man’s lips had been pressed to hers and
she’d liked it!
Flopping face down onto her bed, she whimpered in confusion. How on earth was she supposed to face him tomorrow at their nine-thirty meeting? How was she supposed to pull herself together and sit across the table from him and talk about work when all she would be able to think about was the way his mouth had felt so warm and perfect against her own?
She had no idea.
Miles put his key down on the empty bookshelf by the door and closed his eyes. Shaking his head, he couldn’t believe what had just happened. He’d kissed another woman. Sheena had been right. He
was
interested in Janessa in the same way he’d been interested in Wendy. He’d loved and lost and the pain had nearly killed him. He couldn’t …
wouldn’t
go there again.
Whatever he felt for Janessa was irrelevant. He was there for the twins. All his relationships at Adelaide Mercy must remain professional. It was a matter of survival.
CHAPTER FOUR
J ANESSA woke up upon hearing a noise and checked her alarm clock.
‘Ten past three,’ she muttered as she flopped back onto the pillow and sighed. With her eyes still closed, she fumbled around for her mobile phone and pager, which were on the nightstand next to her bed. Squinting, she looked with bleary eyes at the bright display on both of them but she hadn’t received any messages or calls. Unsure what noise had woken her, she decided to ignore whatever it was and go back to sleep. Her alarm would be going off in just under three hours and after her hectic day yesterday she deserved all the sleep she could get.
Snuggling into the covers, she allowed her mind to settle back into dreamland where she’d been out at the airfield, flying in her plane, coming in to land, only to find someone was waiting for her. A man. A tall man. With dark brown hair and blue eyes, greeting her with a warm, welcoming smile. As she drew closer to the ground, she could see his features more clearly and was momentarily stunned to discover the man in question was none other than Miles Trevellion.
Her eyes snapped open at the realisation. She was dreaming about him? No. Ridiculous. He meant nothing to her. He was just a colleague … a colleague who had kissed her.
She moaned and buried her face in the pillow. Ever since the man had walked into her NICU, turning her world upside down, he’d been nothing but a harbinger of change and change was something she didn’t like in her world. Change had brought her nothing but pain, trouble and, in the end, loneliness. First her baby, Connor, had died, then Bradley had left, her mother had died and later her father had become sick. She was fine if the change was initiated by her, that way she could control it, but Miles Trevellion was something she couldn’t control and as such he posed a threat to her well-ordered life.
The only way to deal with this change was to treat him as nothing more than a professional colleague. The next time they met
Breathing a sigh of relief, glad she’d been able to break free from the overwhelming sensations Miles had evoked deep within her, she stayed where she was, head back against the door, eyes closed, eager for her lungs to once again be filled with the appropriate amount of oxygen.
‘Goodnight, Janessa. Sleep well,’ she heard him say through the paper-thin walls, and then she heard him open his own door and walk into his apartment. She closed her eyes again and allowed his rich, deep tones to wash over her, delighting at the way her name seemed to sound like a caress from his lips.
Slowly, she opened her eyes and pushed away from the door to walk on unsteady legs towards her bedroom. Miles had just kissed her! The man’s lips had been pressed to hers and
she’d liked it!
Flopping face down onto her bed, she whimpered in confusion. How on earth was she supposed to face him tomorrow at their nine-thirty meeting? How was she supposed to pull herself together and sit across the table from him and talk about work when all she would be able to think about was the way his mouth had felt so warm and perfect against her own?
She had no idea.
Miles put his key down on the empty bookshelf by the door and closed his eyes. Shaking his head, he couldn’t believe what had just happened. He’d kissed another woman. Sheena had been right. He
was
interested in Janessa in the same way he’d been interested in Wendy. He’d loved and lost and the pain had nearly killed him. He couldn’t …
wouldn’t
go there again.
Whatever he felt for Janessa was irrelevant. He was there for the twins. All his relationships at Adelaide Mercy must remain professional. It was a matter of survival.
CHAPTER FOUR
J ANESSA woke up upon hearing a noise and checked her alarm clock.
‘Ten past three,’ she muttered as she flopped back onto the pillow and sighed. With her eyes still closed, she fumbled around for her mobile phone and pager, which were on the nightstand next to her bed. Squinting, she looked with bleary eyes at the bright display on both of them but she hadn’t received any messages or calls. Unsure what noise had woken her, she decided to ignore whatever it was and go back to sleep. Her alarm would be going off in just under three hours and after her hectic day yesterday she deserved all the sleep she could get.
Snuggling into the covers, she allowed her mind to settle back into dreamland where she’d been out at the airfield, flying in her plane, coming in to land, only to find someone was waiting for her. A man. A tall man. With dark brown hair and blue eyes, greeting her with a warm, welcoming smile. As she drew closer to the ground, she could see his features more clearly and was momentarily stunned to discover the man in question was none other than Miles Trevellion.
Her eyes snapped open at the realisation. She was dreaming about him? No. Ridiculous. He meant nothing to her. He was just a colleague … a colleague who had kissed her.
She moaned and buried her face in the pillow. Ever since the man had walked into her NICU, turning her world upside down, he’d been nothing but a harbinger of change and change was something she didn’t like in her world. Change had brought her nothing but pain, trouble and, in the end, loneliness. First her baby, Connor, had died, then Bradley had left, her mother had died and later her father had become sick. She was fine if the change was initiated by her, that way she could control it, but Miles Trevellion was something she couldn’t control and as such he posed a threat to her well-ordered life.
The only way to deal with this change was to treat him as nothing more than a professional colleague. The next time they met
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