“Funny. So I guess you’re no longer doing residency in Maryland. This isn’t going to work.”
Lillian breezed in. “Oh good, you’ve met. You two are the chosen subcommittee to meet and make a recommendation to the board on whether the women’s center will add midwives to the staff.”
Ivey stood and took a few steps toward Lillian. “Excuse me. Wait a minute.”
“Is there a problem?” Lillian turned to Ivey, eyebrows raised with the classic there-had-better-not-be-a-problem-because-I-trusted-you look of a superior.
Ivey glanced over at Jeff, who was smiling. Yes, there’s a problem. I didn’t agree to this. Especially not with him. “Not at all.” She couldn’t give him the satisfaction of knowing he upset her that much.
“When do you need us to report back to you?” Jeff piped up.
“How about in one month? That should give you enough time. I’ll give you two a few moments to get acquainted.” Lillian shut the door.
Get acquainted. That was a rich one. She was so well acquainted with her ex that she knew how many freckles he had. And that would definitely not help her now.
Jeff stared at his smart phone. “One month. That’s doable. I’ll give up sleeping.”
Ivey scoffed. She guessed she was supposed to feel story for him. Well she didn’t. “This isn’t going to happen. You and I can’t work together. It’s asking too much.”
She thought she could see Jeff’s jaw tighten, nearly imperceptibly. A chink in his armor. “I’m fine with it. We’re both adults and professionals.”
Except that right now she didn’t feel much like an adult, because somehow Jeff made her feel like a twenty-year-old again. The same one he’d broken up with at a most inopportune time.
“You’re right. If you can handle it, so can I.”
“Good.” His pager went off. He glanced at it and then stood. “Let’s reconvene again tomorrow?”
“What time?” Ivey asked, as he moved towards the door.
“You pick the time. I pretty much live here.”
“Okay. How about nine?”
“Fine.” He walked out without a backwards glance.
Ivey swallowed. No big deal. She could handle this unfortunate turn of events.
But it didn’t help that Jeff looked better, somehow, than she’d remembered. He’d grown into a man, cords of muscles in his forearms. Not tall and lanky anymore. Now his muscles had muscles. His dark brown hair was no longer long and unruly but closed cropped. Although some things never changed—he still had the same panty-melting gaze in his whiskey-brown eyes.
Those eyes had once regarded her with desire and tenderness, but now they only reminded her that they were virtually strangers. No matter. He might have a stare to melt glaciers in the arctic, but it wasn’t going to have any effect on her. She wouldn’t let it.
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