“You’re royalty here,” she told him, but he shook his head.
“Not me. I’m just a guy who loves construction.”
“I think you’re more than that.” As soon as the words were out of her mouth, she regretted them. Somehow they sounded too familiar. People surrounded them, but for Becky the thread of connection pulsing between her and Callum gave the moment an air of intimacy that shocked and intrigued her.
His mouth quirked into a sexy half grin. “I appreciate—”
Suddenly, a woman burst into the lobby, clutching her very round belly. “Help me!” she cried. “I think I’m in labor.”
“Get a gurney,” Dr. Green shouted, elbowing his way through the crowd.
Becky took an instinctive step forward. Panic was clear on the woman’s delicate features, and Becky understood that panic could accompany childbirth. But she couldn’t leave her girls unattended.
Dr. Green straightened, his gaze searching the crowd until it alighted on her. “Becky, I need you,” he called across the lobby.
She nodded and turned to Callum.
“I’ve got the girls,” he told her without missing a beat. “Go.”
She worked to calm her racing heart as adrenaline pumped through her. “Are you sure?”
She gave each of the girls a quick kiss and the assurance that Mommy would be back soon, then hurried toward the first patient in her new job.
“They’re safe with me,” he assured her, and although she’d just met Callum Fortune, she didn’t doubt him for a moment.
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The Wedding Truce
Copyright © 2019 by Kerri Carpenter
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