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“A few,” she answered honestly Alnizable face “Vale kept me pretty busy”

And how Faith fought to keep heat from her face

“The man is a workaholic!” Kay accused, but with adhtsee Cape May is a gorgeous historic town I love all those old Victorian houses Was the Wakefield hohthouse? I visited there once when I was a kid”

Faith didn’t wince again, barely She even hthouse Thanks for asking” She held up the stack of papers Kay had handed her “Guess I’d better get started clearing these before hness in the OR to iers crossed we cure his dyskinesia and treative side effects”

When Faith arrived, Vale was already scrubbed and preparing to enter the surgical suite She hadn’t intentionally dawdled, but ti his phone calls and catching up on her oorkload

“Did Kay give youbriefly at her when she’d finished scrubbing

“She gave es I was able to take care of most of the Vale fro so bother her now? But, then, screening his es wasn’t what caused the bitterness in her throat

“Good” He stepped into the sterile gown, allowed the nurse to do up the back, then gloved up Except for the rare cohout the reery

Never had he ignored her Never Today, he wasloud and clear

There was no going back to the way things had been before their weekend together

Unlike her, he looked as if he’d slept well His appearance was impeccable, as always No dark circles beneath his brilliant blue eyes, ever No glances of longing at the woman he’d made passionate love to all weekend

How dared he make her want him so badly!

Only, really, what had he done? Had sex with her and told her he wanted to continue their relationship beyond the weekend? How could she hold that against him?

But naive as it e in their professional relationship

He turned, caught her watching hiaze for the briefest of seconds He never uided the DBS lead under the neuro-physicist’s guidance, never looked the slightest moved by the questions she knew she hadn’t kept from her face