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Alex sighed. Why couldn’t her life ever just be simple? Pretending to like someone as beautiful as Dr Morgan Kelly really wasn’t that difficult. Francine was right about that. The problem was, someone like Dr Morgan Kelly was exactly who Alex could lose all focus over.
“She’ll say no anyway.”
Francine chuckled. “Not by the time I’m done with her, she won’t.”
“And just what are you going to do to persuade her?”
“That’s not for you to worry about. It’s legal. Have I ever failed you?”
“No, you haven’t,” Alex had to admit.
“Then trust me now. This is the best solution.”
Morgan put her phone down on top of the wireless charger and stood up, ready to start the process of going to bed. She needed a hot shower. Her knotted muscles would enjoy the pounding of hot water pulsing from the newly installed fancy shower she’d over-indulged with.
Her phone ringing this late didn’t bode well. She wasn’t on call, but any kind of major incident could change that in a moment. Many an evening had been ruined: a gas leak explosionon a residential street, multi-car pileups in the fog; a cruise ship had come into the harbour with forty-four cases of food poisoning once. Morgan knew that literally anything could spoil her night.
Her friends didn’t usually call without texting first, knowing her hours and sleep pattern was all over the place, and not wanting to disturb her. So, she picked it up hesitantly and was intrigued when an unknown number lit up the screen.
“Hello?”
“Francine Carlson speaking, is this Dr Morgan Kelly?” The voice was abrupt, completely to the point and very American. Even without the introduction, Morgan would have known who it was.
“Yes, hello.”
“I was wondering, can we meet tomorrow? I need to run something by you before we go and speak to your human resources department.”
“Uh, okay, I’m off for a few days but I can come into the hosp—"
“That’s fine, I’ll come to you. Text me your address. I can be there around ten. Don’t you worry about a thing; this is what I do.”
“Right, and what does that actually mean?”
“It means that I get what needs to be done, done, so that my client, in this case, Sasha, can have everything she needs at her disposal.”
Morgan frowned. “Kind of sounds like I’m a commodity.”
“Don’t take it personally. For her, you’re what she needs: a doctor, a confidante. For me, this is business and a negotiation. So, I’ll see you tomorrow at ten.”
She ended the call before Morgan could agree or disagree.
“I guess so then,” she said to herself while texting her address and adding Francine Carlson to her phone's contact list underIce Queen.
Chapter Nine
Hospital administration and human resources were not offices where any staff member felt totally comfortable. You weren’t meant to. They were places where you got sent. They were the office where punishments were handed out; rarely were they the place where a pat on the back occurred.
Waking up that morning to a message on her phone from the head of HR had been alarming for Morgan.
A meeting was scheduled for early afternoon. Today! And she was invited to attend. Invited, such an odd word to use when summoned was a much better alternative. Dr M Kelly had her orders.
As she waited for Francine to arrive, she wondered just how Francine had pulled this off with such short notice. It was nigh on impossible to get an appointment with one HR staff member, let alone a meeting like the one that had been set up.
The woman was a walking, talking bulldozer, and Morgan had to admire that, even if it was a little intimidating.
Had she made a mistake even contemplating this?
Morgan thought about it. What was the worst that could happen?
