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At least, he’d like to think he wouldn’t have

There was so about her that messed with his head, so who knew if in sunny Miami, away from all the stresses of his life, he’d have been able to resist the temptation she’d presented with her quick smile and desire-filled eyes?

He ht, touched hi, flirty conversations with hihts that had passed much too quickly

Maybe that was part of hi his old life, the life where he’d been free to have as many affairs as he wanted, where he’d been free to focus on his work Where he hadn’t had to second-guess every decision he made and hoould impact a child

Or maybe it was just Natalie

Searching the crowded ballroo her She stood out in any rooure-hugging black dress that accentuated her rocking body Her hair was down—so he hadn’t seen since Florida, as she always kept it pulled up at the hospital Meh those locks haunted hi to cross the room and touch the silky strands

To think his fascination was anything other than unique to her was foolish No wohts, his desires, the way Natalie did

“Ah, Dr Sterling is here”

Apparently the couple had aze had followed his

He didn’t turn to meet Dr Luiz’s eyes No need The man wasn’t stupid and had made several coht not know details, but he knew so was up

“She is,” Matthew agreed In her scrubs, hair pulled up and no ht, dressed to shine, she should have been featured in one of the fashion azines Carrie loved to look at

“I have to adht she’d have warmed to you by now”

“She may never warm to me I took what she saw as hers”

“That’s not it and we both know it”

His confident tone had Matthew’s gaze dragging off Natalie and glancing toward the astute older man