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She wasn’t sure she could if she wanted to, but that didn’t stop her body from melting against his when he pulled her inside her apartment and kissed her.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CASSIE BELLOWS REGAINED consciousness at some point during the night.
Apparently, Cassie’s nurse had called Lucas, because he was there and in Cassie’s room when Emily arrived at the hospital and took report from the night nurse.
“He’s in with her right now. Has been for a while. He’s such a great doctor. He’s going to be a great father someday.”
Emily’s heart squeezed so tight in her chest that she thought she might pass out. She didn’t respond to the nurse’s comment. There was no need. Amy was still going on and on about Dr. Cain’s many fabulous features.
“I bet you were ecstatic when he bought your TBI basket.”
“Ecstatic,” she agreed to keep Amy from digging deeper if she told the truth about how she’d felt about Lucas buying her basket. She liked Amy but wasn’t close enough to the woman to be sharing intimate details of her life. She still felt a little nervous that she’d told Meghan about who Lucas was. She didn’t want her friend’s pity should things go wrong.
“How a good-looking guy like him hasn’t been snapped up by some smart woman is beyond me.”
“Looks aren’t everything,” she mumbled under her breath, not really meaning for Amy to catch her words.
“Yeah, but that man is the to
tal package. Looks, intelligence, sense of humor, compassion and money. A girl could do a lot worse.”
Ugh. How did she end up in this conversation?
“I suppose.”
“Hey, all I’m saying is that if it were me he’d paid that much money to go to dinner with, I’d make sure he got his money’s worth.” Amy waggled her brows suggestively. “You should at least think about it. I heard you and the pharmacist broke up.”
Gossip sure spread fast.
“We’ve already gone on our dinner date.”
“And I definitely got my money’s worth.”
She hated how Lucas did that, walked up behind her and joined into conversations she was having. But she supposed if she was going to talk about him, he had a right to join in. Not that she’d wanted to talk about him, but it seemed she couldn’t escape doing so.
Amy blushed at being caught. “Hi, Dr. Cain. We were just talking about you.”
“I heard.” His smile reached his eyes. “All good things, I hope?”
“Absolutely.” Amy laughed a little flirtatiously. “Is there anything else to be said?”
His gaze met Emily’s, as if challenging her to speak up. She kept her mouth closed.
She might have lots of negative things to say, but since she’d been having mind-blowing sex with the man, she really didn’t think she had the right to point out any flaws.
“Did Amy tell you the good news?” His gaze searched Emily’s. “Cassie woke up during the night.”
“She mentioned that. She also mentioned you came to the hospital after she woke up and that you’ve been with her since.”
As in, she knew he’d come here when he’d left her place, and when had he slept? Because, as handsome as he was, Emily noted the fatigue around his eyes and it pulled at her heart.
“She’s going to be fine from the bleed.” He sounded genuinely happy about the news. “No lasting damage that I can tell from the increased intracranial pressure.”
“That’s wonderful.”
“I’ll be taking her back to the operating room soon to remove the tumor. Just as soon as she’s strong enough to withstand another surgery.”
