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Trying not to let her disappointrateful to see the next speaker at the podium “Okay, well, it’s time to restart, so”

Aard

Not waiting for a response, she high-tailed it to her back row seat to shrivel up and die of hu after what she wanted

Ugh Could this day possibly get worse?

Later that evening, Natalie stared at her reflection in the hotel room mirror

For a few insane uided by pure feminine interest and she’d made a fool of herself with Matthew Coleman

Because he was a sexy beast or because of his surgical skills?

Or both?

He was brilliant She’d read enough of his articles and research to know theherself, wanting to discuss his work, pick his brain and soak up everything he said

That he was utterly gorgeous, well, that was a bonus

Or could have been, had he been interested She’d thought she’d seen interest, but she

He wasn’t Had shot down her offer End of story Major embarrassment and utter failure at her first show of interest in the opposite sex since her and Jonathan’s split, but not the end of the world The opposite sex wasn’t a priority Her career was and she had that—so no big deal, right?

Still, the conference wasn’t so big that she wouldn’t bump into Matthew She’d act as if her invitation had been casual, that she’d only been interested professionally She was Dr Natalie Sterling, a pediatric heart surgeon with sopulled her onto his research team

No har Matthew to dinner It wasn’t as if she’d verbalized that looking at him made her want to take off his clothes and do wild and crazy things

With one last look in the hotel bathroom mirror, she applied a fresh coat of lipstick, checked to make sure she didn’t have any smeared on her teeth, and left the safety of her hotel rooet lucky and she wouldn’t see Matthew this evening