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A flash of heat went through Whitney at the thought
Boldly cupping her breast, Tanner said next to her lips in a voice that had turned rough with desire, “Then it’ll be tilad to scrub your back”
Tanner took Whitney’s hand and held it as they waited to fill their plates at the buffet dinner arranged in the grassy area surrounding the pool She’d picked out a flowing blue-and-gray dress to wear and Tanner didn’t even think to complain He knehat was under it A satisfied smile he couldn’t control caested, to the point of exhaustion Still he looked forward to taking her to bed later that night Whitney eaving a web around him that he wasn’t sure he could find a way out of
With plates filled, they were on their way to a table when his cell phone rang
“I’ll take that,” Whitney said, reaching for his plate, “while you answer that”
Tanner gave her his plate and walked off so he could talk privately “Locke”
“Williams here”
Tanner knew the minute he heard his physician assistant’s voice that the call was important
“We believe we have a heart for Mr Wilcox,” Willias look good Thought you ht want to do this one”
“I’ll be there in an hour and a half Keepoff As he walked back tohere Whitney was already sitting at a table, she turned and looked at him with concern
She excused herself andokay?”
“No, but it will be, I hope They think we have a heart for Mr Wilcox I’ve got to go back to town”
“Of course you do Let’s say our goodbyes to Malcolm and Marie I can be packed in five minutes”
That’s one of the s he liked about Whitney—she didn’t require convincing that his as important She understood and supported it Other women he had dated had resented his job when it had interrupted their plans His mother had certainly resented his father’s job
Less than tenout the door of their room Tanner stopped and looked back at the bed
“Did you forget so?” Whitney asked
“No, I was just thinking I had other plans for tonight” For once he was the one hating the interruption
Whitney turned an appealing deep shade of red and headed down the hall
Marie saw to it that his car aiting outside the front door As a bellboy loaded their baggage Tanner said to Whitney, “I’m sorry but this time I think I should drive I proets a ticket, I want it to be me”
“I understand”
They were pulling out onto the et this” He put in his earbuds, not waiting for Whitney’s response before he clicked the button
Over the next few h the countryside and then onto the four-lane road back to San Francisco He drove fast but not carelessly
He rang off and glanced at Whitney “I hope I’ you”
“No” And she appeared at ease
“I hate it but I won’t have tiuards drives you”
“Would you mind if I stayed for the transplant? I think Mr Wilcox needs sooes in”
Tanner glanced at her “I think he’d like that”
A ain and he spent the rest of the time on it with his team Almost to the minute of the ti space beneath the hospital Whitney didn’t wait on him to come around and open her door She was at the trunk when he opened it to res
“I’ll put these in o ho the hospital until I know that Mr Wilcox is stable”
“I understand”