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She shifted fro out to place her hand on the door handle But she didn’t open the door and she didn’t walk out Instead she shuffled some more and wrinkled her nose

‘I’m fine’

He didn’t look impressed

‘Have you eaten?’

‘I’m fine, Malachi,’ she repeated, more firmly this time

He lifted his ar the door closed with his hand, and for aelse Then, without warning, he dropped his arm

She told herself she wasn’t disappointed, yet it was all she could do to tug at the handle anda little by hustling fast to the unit where Izzy was being treated

With every step she was conscious of the fact that Malachi was following her It was all too easy to i, effortless stride as she schooled herself not to sashay her hips or appear in any way as though she was being provocative No mean feat when her whole body was so hyper-aware of hi kick in response to Malachi’s presence she doubted she would have been surprised, even though logically she kneas far too soon for that

It was as though the lad when this et away from him and back to her patients

At least,

that hat she told herself

The truth was that she wasn’t entirely convinced she was buying it

CHAPTER TWO

WAS SASKIA PREGNANT?

Malachi sat on one of the plastic seats in the hospital corridor Saskia was still in the roohter, and he was out hereuncharacteristically rattled