Harlequin Medical Romance November 2016, Box Set 2 of 2 by Kate Hardy

Author:Kate Hardy
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488025945
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

“SOMEONE’S GOT THE MUNCHIES!”

“Hi, Michael.” Katie guiltily swiped some crumbs away from her lips as she swallowed down an unsuspecting gingerbread man’s leg. His head and arms had already been snapped off and munched. “Sorry, I was just…”

Just trying to drown my sorrows by massacring a gingerbread cookie?

Not strictly what you wanted your boss to say.

“Don’t worry. I’ve already eaten a dozen. Maybe more.”

The unexpected hint of a wicked smile crossed his face and brought out one on her own. She had a soft spot for Michael. Hair always a tousled mess. Ink marks regularly dabbing his cheeks. He’d joined the internship later than most medical graduates, having taken a year out to work with a charity in South America. Methodical. Steady. He was a serious guy. Not to the point of being humorless, but it was nice to see a smile on his face.

“Lucky you—getting Jorja as your Secret Santa.”

“Yes! Yes, it was most excellent. A real surprise. Incredibly generous.”

And a really effusive thanks for a plate of cookies Jorja hadn’t even baked herself.

Katie looked up from her cookie to give Michael a closer look and was surprised to see a hint of color pop onto his cheeks. Did he…? Could he really…? Bouncy, gregarious Jorja? Who wore costumes on any given holiday? Well… Katie had been all but surgically attached to her books at university and Josh-the-Gregarious had certainly brought her out of her shell. Maybe Jorja brought out the hidden Romeo in Michael.

Katie felt her beeper buzz and tugged it off her scrubs waistline.

911—suspected cardiac arrest.

Katie didn’t bother to wait for Michael’s response.

The patient was her father.

* * *

“Who does a woman need to call to get a cappuccino in this hospital?”

Josh knew that voice. He knew it very well. And he knew the bottle blonde coiffure that went along with it.

“Mrs. McGann?”

“Josheeee!”

Katie’s immaculately turned out mother twirled around on her heels with the style and panache of a nineteen-fifties screen legend, holding her hands out in a wiggly fingered show of delight before planting a big lipsticky kiss on his cheek. Nothing had changed there, then.

“What are you doing here, Mrs. McGann?”

And…why don’t you find it strange that I’m here?

“Oh, Josh…”

Sheree McGann placed a perfectly manicured hand on Josh’s forearm. She was as touchy-feely as her daughter was reserved. No apples had fallen near her tree.

“It’s Randall. He’s gone and had a blasted angina attack and he didn’t have any of his squirty stuff left so we could finish—you know—business.”

She raised her eyebrows and smiled when he made the connection.

“Josheeee…” She gave his arm a squeeze. “I would just murder for a cappuccino. Any top tips from an insider?”

She dropped him a knowing wink, but before he had a chance to answer, Katie skidded to a halt alongside them. Perfect timing? Or damage control?

“Mom! Is everything all right? Where’s Dad?” Katie shot him a wary glance while she waited for a response.

“Katie, darling! You didn’t tell us Josh was back in town. Naughty girl.

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