Harlequin Medical Romance July 2016, Box Set 2 of 2 by Amalie Berlin

Author:Amalie Berlin
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488020995
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

AT THE HOSPITAL, Erin set up her bake stall in the atrium, where everyone visiting the hospital would be able to see it. Her colleagues on the spinal unit had contributed cakes or cookies, whether home-made or a glitzy one bought from a bakery, as had staff from other departments who knew her well. Volunteers from the Friends of the London Victoria had also brought in cakes and were helping her to man the stall.

‘Caitlin sent these. She made them last night,’ Nate said, coming along to the stall with a plastic box filled with home-made brownies.

‘Awesome. I’m definitely buying one of these,’ Erin said with a smile.

‘And my mother says to thank you.’

‘What for?’

‘Because Caitlin asked her if she could bake something, and she wanted to use one of Mum’s recipes. Thanks to you, Caitlin’s starting to open up to her as well.’ He swallowed hard. ‘She actually called Mum “Gran” last night, for the first time in months. And she’s started calling me “Dad” instead of avoiding the word.’

Erin felt a lump in her throat. ‘That’s so good to hear.’

‘Yeah.’ He rested a hand on her arm. ‘We owe you.’

Her skin tingled where he touched her, and she had to remind herself that it was inappropriate.

She was busy with the bake stall all afternoon and didn’t really have the time to think about Nate, but the question went round and round in the back of her mind: was Mikey right, or would Nate run a mile if she told him the truth about her past? Telling him risked losing his friendship—and she’d lost enough in her life. But at the same time she knew she’d held so much back that their friendship was based on a lie—on who he thought she was, rather than who she really was. That wasn’t healthy, either.

She was just packing up when he came over.

‘I’ve finished in Theatre and written up my notes, so I wondered if you need a hand with anything?’ he asked.

‘I’m just returning the tables I borrowed from one of the meeting rooms. Don’t you need to go and pick up Caitlin?’

‘She’ll be fine with Mum for a while.’

‘Then if you’ve really got time, sure, you can give me a hand.’

It was fine until they both reached for the same table at the same time and their fingers touched. Erin felt that same prickle of awareness as when their hands had touched over the scones; but this time, instead of avoiding eye contact, she looked him straight in the eye. Nate’s pupils were dilated to the point where his eyes looked almost black.

Oh, help. It looked as if this attraction she felt towards him was mutual, then. What were they going to do about it? Because this situation was impossible.

His face was serious. ‘Erin.’ He reached out and cupped her cheek in his palm, then brushed his thumb over her lower lip.

She felt hot all over and her skin tingled where he touched her.

‘Nate. We’re right in the middle of the hospital,’ she whispered.

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