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‘So you’re glad I dragged you out of bed early?’

‘There wasn’ton’ And that hat she had to hold on to now, not spend precious ti ‘But if you’d thrown htn’t have made it to Coromandel’ Not until they’d had time in his bed first

Harry grinned ‘Let’s head in We’ve got o for a drive over the other side of the peninsula, mosey around some’

‘Sounds perfect’ More ti to know Harry better, and better The more she learned about hih she had an insatiable appetite for all things Harry

They moseyed and talked, drank a beer at a pub and talked, before Harry suggested they head back to their accommodation

‘I can run with that In fact, I’ about barbecued fish with fresh bread for dinner’

‘I’m disappointed’

‘Oh, all right, I’ll dribble about testing out that bed again before the fish’ It wouldn’t be hard to delay a er to appease her story for Harrison No contest

Later that night, Sienna fell into the deepest sleep the moment her head hit the pillow, only to hen Harry wound his arled into her back Of course, she wasn’t going to ressed so that they weren’t lying quietly for long

‘What made you want to become a doctor?’ Harry asked when their heart rates were back to nor in after-match stupor

Where did that come from? Sienna wondered ‘When I was eleven I had an appendecto questions about why an appendix could get infected, ould happen if it wasn’t removed, why it had happened to me I knoasn’t satisfied with soot ho a science nerd’

‘That was enough to make you want to do medicine?’

‘Not at all The nurses were kind and did everything to make me feel better—apart frorew up’

‘But that science nerd took over?’ Harry’s fingers weresoft circles on her skin

‘Yes, thank goodness I can’t think of being anything else’

‘Why paediatrics?’

Ah

‘I’ve always liked kids, especially the little ones with their inquisitivebefore they learn they et hurt or make a mistake’

And I was never sure if I’d be lucky enough to have my own family

‘Whatan adrenalin junkie,’ she asked

‘Not so ency, putting things to rights as soon as possible Not that I always saveon the line in the attempt’

‘How’s that related to your past?’

‘Don’t hold back, will you?’ Those fingers didn’t hesitate with their circles

‘Sometimes it’s the only way to find out what I want’