years old, you won't be as excited as a teenager. But she felt the op

g to flip when the sexiest man she'd ever

a tall and muscular man. And even though she didn't see his naked body, she imagined that his abs were like luscious bread. He wasn't pretty

va is drip

such a sexy voi

on, kissing boo-boos is not part of my job descripti

hat's not necessary.

t next to the door. "We're in Valera," she r

even when she rummaged in the cabinet and pulled out a sm

and gestured at his hand. He raised an eyebrow for

antiseptic on the gauze and wiped the thin cut on the pad

hine. "Tha

ifted. "Huh, I didn't

ha

your macho image and

r heart skip a beat. "I kno

ani

as the type of man who

she ad

ng in con

wned. "Who wants to

want to be in control every now and then." He raised

nly warmed. Did

humb one final time before unwrapping the bandage and

she shoved the supplies into the cabinet. Her heart skipped a

isfied with her beauty, she is not even an actress or a supermodel, but it is enough to call her Doc Beauty. And after eight months of working herself ragged

herself, even lipstick, her hair was always braided because she didn't have time to comb her hair, and she always

was staring at her as if he was undres

n't mean to make y

oating around in her stomach. "You didn't make me u

the attraction she felt f

o him? She had never felt so

tance between them to kiss her

m. "Anyway, do you have any questions? Be

his shoulders for a moment, as if being stuck i

recorder that he placed on the desk. He turned it

cle of yours come out?"

remember? So I need to plan what I'm going to write. Anyway,

'd appreci

staff, Thalia immediately introduced Dean to them, and it was undeniable how much they admired the man. He

staff disappeared from her sight. The clinic wasn't tiny by any means, but Dean seemed l

ed pickup trucks, the two vans they used for transporting supplies, and the crappy old car she rode when she visit

t patients who come to their clinic and visit those who cannot come to their homes. Every night before going to bed, they would l

't returned from his visit to the north. It's been a few days but he still hasn't returne

asked her, looking like he cou

ental note to radio one of our doctors. He visited patient

reason for y

tardy. Just like when he said he was on the way, but we will have to wait for him for an

ll of your fellow doctors h

ou spend every waking hour with the same

n my line of work, you tend to run into the same journal

ying at their place, not that it was too obvious that she was interested in knowing that. After a mom

said, "Will you stay here

"Maybe not. I have a nine-o'cloc

e trailed after him towards the older-model Jeep parked a few dozen yards away. She couldn

ink she lusted

ve to get into the Jeep. Instead, he offered an awkward-looking shrug. He had a feeling

ng me your time to

prob

lost here again, mayb

unclear whether that was

ke that." Her

f awareness. Her nipples promptly puckered and strained against her whi

e suddenly feel

ad something to say. Thalia held her breath, and she just waited for the man to speak, but sudde

aised his voice so she could hear

intment. "Have a safe flight," she to

executed a U-turn and sped toward the gravel

is

in her direction. Liza is a Filipina nurse who is the

you about," she said, but her f

I never met that journ

ghed.

who is very shy of a man, and suddenly in

true, it seems that no man has been interested in her since they arrived on the i

Thalia just isn't the type to be linked with one of her fellow doctors. During her last placement

s in terms of romance. Except for that handsome pilot who drops supplies to the

eally more appealing than her who is only five-foot-five in height. Their colleagues even joked that she was a monstrous height for a woman, but the

appy that Dean and Liza didn't get along.

t," she said as they

is your chance to

g. "Why are you so conce

always immersed in work. I hope y

ith my few m

me was, but because MD International demanded mandatory breaks between pl

l her. She'd joined MDI the second she'd finished her reside

past the waiting room, "you can have fun for both of us." She s

red, seeing her eye

Doc Kelvin for eight mo

her hair hang loose. "I'll see you later, lo

y joking about that. Especially Liza who is like her sister. Doc Kelvin is like her big brother. And Doc Marc because he is a single dad, so h

ld. She still has a mother, but they are not really close to each other. Because he

a, I need

with Thalia, Kelvin and Marc, Nasir was the fourth physician on staff.

is okay?"

mple and our patient is a tad cran

Thalia immediately realized that Doc Nasir wa

g," she ca

ients. She was happy to see some of them no longer showing symptoms of cholera. But she still cannot release

r white coat might label her a doctor, but the clinic was so understaffed that the responsibility lines blurred significantl

her shift is in the evening, she can't keep up with her colleagues at dinner. During break time, she alwa

two for the men, and those two tents are for the women. They also have six small tents for peopl

iza, and two other nurses, Kelsey who

ind the tents, which they shared with the men. It is no longer important that they share a bathroom in their situation, but of course there is still respect f

ld radio on the night stand began to crackle. Shooting a quick look

tion area, she approached the picnic-styl

.c-can...you

ut it sounded like Doc Kelvin's. She frowned when she immedia

dheld radio, she clicked the button

Thal

. All right, at least she was still in one piece. Maybe he was just

you hear me? Whe

llage...Es

meralda? Why did yo

unded like a round of heavy coug

ague's voice, a real pang of concern tugged at

.don't know...neve

d her strange feelings and

ritish accent grew more pronounced, the way he always did when he was upse

o words mad

ome here." He repeated himself, more

the other lin

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