He hesitates. Actually hesitates. “I don’t care what Pierce’s last name is. You’re too good for him.”
I can’t stop the smile that crosses my lips. “Thanks, Dad.”
Then he releases me, and the moment is gone like it never happened.
His eyes stray to the closed door. “I’m expecting an appointment.”
Oh, thank God.
“Don’t let me keep you.” I grab my knapsack and stand up.
“I’ll have that paperwork approved by this afternoon,” he says.
I nod, heart pounding. “Thank you.”
As I head for the door to leave Dad’s office, a weight melts off my shoulders. I walked in here terrified. Now I’m leaving with a plan. Medical school isn’t going to break me this time. Nothing will.
Seeing people in the waiting room, my father straightens his shoulders before he opens the door and changes from Dad to Dean.
“Ah, it’s the infamous O’Rourke doctors from Seattle,” he says, making room in the doorway. “Come in, come in.”
O’Rourke.
I avoid eye contact with the professor, who I heard resigned last Spring. I never got a chance to check him out. He was rumored to be ridiculously handsome.
With a beautiful wife and possible ties to the mafia.
He doesn’t work here anymore, so no harm in sneaking a look.
My eyes make a slow trail up a very tall and broad frame.
Oh God!
My heart stops, looking at the man I slept with. Cormac is a professor? Amarriedprofessor?
Then there’s movement next to him, and asecondman comes into view.
I blink, thinking I’m seeing double, but they’re wearing different suits. Dr. O’Rourke has an identical twin?
Wait, oh my God. Thetwinis Cormac.
Our gazes catch, and we stare.
He doesn’t acknowledge me, and message received. Idon’t acknowledge him.
But damn, in the light of day, he’s still the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen. Jaw carved by the gods, strong cheekbones, and green eyes that can melt steel.
And we know each other’s bodies intimately.
“Oh, hi,” I say, then push on my sunglasses. Maybe hedoesn’trecognize me. “Excuse me.”
Stroking my neck to calm my nerves, I walk past the O’Rourke doctors.
Dad’s greeting moments ago registers:The infamous O’Rourke doctors from Seattle
Cormac…is also a doctor. Now the picture is sharpening. Dr. O’Rourke was an adjunct professor in the Freshman program.
Will his brother be teaching here now? Taking over for him?