an standing before him,

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he woman he'd been waiting to hear from, checking h

rly, carefully written-expecting her to reach out. Any rat

e neve

as overwhelmed by their connection as he was. But as the silence stretched on, darker

lity had ea

ation room, looking at him like he was t

ntain his professional compos

, the silence tense and awkward-b

appening. The mysterious stranger from

avoided his gaze, the tension in her shoulders. She was cle

stung more than

o break the silence b

you..

even know w

struggle. Acknowledge what happened between

he di

st couldn't get any worse, could it? Her one-

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ent to handle. I'll come back another ti

came out sharper

ck into professional mode, even as every

amnesia game, then I'l

d get proper medical attention. I don't know what co

one-not just professional authority, bu

e physician's chair and sat down. He picked up a cli

hose gray eyes held a challeng

s voice steady but with an unde

situation. And wouldn't avo

ice but to see

g her hands together and tryi

the girl fidgeti

d her a

sked in a calm and compos

"Alana Martin

ly different from the typical doctor's scrawl-neat, deliberate, more li

is thoughts had run to the pos

her being so small, her

asked, "So what brings you h

not to remember? Then

e disappearing

around male doctors, but now

upposed to ta

d she

for hours and now I'm in severe pain, plus a headach

ced at th

steady gaze, she fin

he area... in my legs..." She st

d what she meant and his fing

he pretended

? Please b

ed divine interven

he tried giving hints wit

's apple rolle

through his body and h

id you do anything that led to it

to lie to a doctor, especially o

octor... o

yed home instead of

de up an excuse an

gle to form the words. If she continue

, though there was something in his tone-less

red as a toma

ky. "Are you married? Or

nodded with satisfaction and contin

our sexual partne

ing the words h

-night

a's entire body went rigid, an

as exactly like how she looked that night in

satisfying the sudden arousal he felt, but the more

nsation of being inside her,

was get

d asked again, "What's w

ll wouldn

dangerously low register, "go lie down over th

mouth did Alana finally lift her