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CHAPTER ONE

WHAT was he doing here?

Dr Aht of the unifor the sick bay of the USS Benjamin Franklin

No as Dr Cole Stanley really walking towards her

And if that was Cole with the senior medical officer, well, she couldn’t consider what his presence on board her ship implied, what that would mean to her hard-won peace of mind

“Wow, Dr Stockton,” Tracy whispered under her breath, nudging An me up for an elective procedure stat Yum”

Amelia didn’t turn to look at the petite blonde nurse, neither did she answer She couldn’t even if she wanted to Along with her spinning head, now her throat had swelled shut

Cole really was on board her ship

She’d known the aircraft carrier’s new surgeon would be arriving today But Dr Evans’s replacement was supposed to be Dr Gerald Lewis, not Cole Stanley, eon and heartbreaker extraordinaire Just because she hadn’t seen hinized that confident swagger, those piercing blue eyes, the crazy tune of her heart that had only ever played for him

What was he doing here and ere her lungs crying for air?

Fro need to hit him for how he’d walked out on her and her family That’s why her head spun, her throat swelled, and she couldn’t breathe Her body functions hadn’t gone haywire because of Cole himself, just what he’d done Really

Certainly, her fluttery heart had nothing to do with the last tis they’d said, done Dear sweet heavens above, the last tis had felt just like they did this very moment