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‘Hmm’ Someone cleared their throat behind her and she leapt back, away fro into amusement
Mattia straightened and looked over her shoulder ‘Hello, Jere in hours at the unit Elene, this is Colleen’s husband, Jereht her elbow, drew her closer to him
‘Hello, Elene Colleen’stoMattia, surely?
With Mattia’s hand supporting her Elene didn’t feel aard Having him at her side e out of this uniform and disappear back to the unit’
Mattia’s grip tightened ‘Why don’t we get breakfast before clocking on at our respective wards?’
‘Sounds good toto feel like a relationship, even if only friends ‘Give me five ain Mattia had ory She just didn’t knohich one to put him in next
Mattia watched Elene haul her slouched body out of the room like she was lost
‘I hear she’s a great nurse and a lovely lady’
Mattia shrugged casually ‘All of that’ And so Of course he shouldn’t have kissed her, but he was a man, and Elene was beautiful and wo his hands into his pockets, he nodded at Jeremy ‘See you around’
Jere what he’d interrupted to his colleagues, but Colleen would know before the day was over It couldn’t be helped Besides, kissing Elene under any circumstances was the perfect start to his day
Once in clean clothes, he sauntered out to the corridor to wait for her He could get used to this What? He stopped, stared around Everything was how it alas He was in Sorrento, soon to be at the hospital where he spent most of his days He hadn’t had a brain aberration So how did he explain the fact he enjoyed waking to Elene in his house, to working alongside her on occasion, to sharing et you offered breakfast
Elene appeared further along the corridor, that sadness still lurking in her stance despite that kiss He began o back on his invitation He wanted to spend tiht as far as how heElene around, it could only be a plus if they were getting along Nothing to do with the heat si in his veins
Dressed in those fitted shorts and the sleeveless blouse she wore every second day, Elene looked stunning His heart flapped around like a stranded fish, unable to behave sensibly Below his belt things were stirring This is Elene, someone you have to convince to move here permanently, not take to bed
Tell that to his lower regions The fact was that from the moment he’d seen her outside his office the day she’d arrived in Sorrento he hadn’t been able to put her back in the box labelled ‘snippy annoying female’
But hoas a man to resist those curves, that swell of her breasts, the full lips that his i over his skin? When Elene looked over at hiaze whispered across hihtened his ht the attraction, knowing he was on a hiding to nowhere and still wanting to go there Ti control while he still could
‘Sorry, but I can’t ency with one of yesterday’s patients,’ he lied before abruptly heading away, unable to watch disappoint the sadness in her face Sorry, sorry, but someone has to look out for ht now is me
Daun falling for her, had started wanting the whole happy family, cosy home scenario Her fault Not his Not when he’d locked away those expectations long ago Even after he’d coed to stay focused He was doing perfectly well on his oithout having anyone special to love His extended faht until the advent of Elene Lowe, non-snippy version And his daughter They were a package He could not sever one froht, nor fair Nor did he want to They went hand in hand, and it would be perfect if he could add his hand to that mix
It wasn’t going to happen While Elene hadn’t shown signs of wanting to set up house with him so that she could live in the lap of luxury, he’d been duped before, no longer trusted his judgeh this, and time wasn’t available Aimee needed structure in her life, plus security and unbridled love Ai in Sorrento and convince Elene to join hiton and start over on the career ladder, set aside the charity for soer the ihter
He and Elene needed to sit down over athis indecision to an end This weekend
The next ht two coffees on the way to the unit
‘Gino’s still feeling sorry for hi the lid off her take-away cup to let the coffee cool ‘I’ him on the move’
‘Slowly, slowly, today Mattia said to stay with the walking frame for now’ That man kneind her up Yesterday he’d been so understanding and then that kiss Her cheeks flaency How he’d thought she wouldn’t find out was beyond her Colleen had talked to hione fro away on a lie Last night he hadn’t coht kisses with Ai because sleep was elusive The te, but she’d ht set them back
‘Jererin on her face
Obviously that wasn’t all Jereauntlet ‘I’ll drop in to say hello when I’ve finished here’ Mica had been transferred and slowly recovering Baby was still in utero and under constant