“She’s fleeing.”
“She’s definitely fleeing,” Emma agrees.
“I amnotfleeing. I have patients waiting for me.”
“Sure, sure,” Keira says in a tone that clearly means she doesn’t believe me for a second.
I head for the door, but before I leave, I catch Maggie watching me with an unreadable smile.
She says nothing.
Which is somehow even more unsettling.
I leave the castle and climb into my car.
The plan is working.
The whole village is talking about us. My family is convinced there’s already something happening between Finn and me. Duncan Fraser is apparently going around telling anyone who’ll listen that we’re “made for each other.”
Mission accomplished.
So why do I suddenly feel nervous?
CHAPTER 13
FINN
The Vegetable Lesson
(Or How to Look Like the Perfect Little Couple)
The sounds coming from the kitchen wake me up.
I glance at my phone screen.
8:30 a.m.
It’s Saturday morning, so technically I’m not working today. Not that I’ve exactly been overworked since arriving in Glenfield...
Ironically, though, having no patients is almost more exhausting than having too many.
I stay in bed for a few minutes, hoping the noise will stop.
It doesn’t.
I hear mugs clinking, a kettle whistling, then someone humming softly.
With a sigh, I drag myself out of bed, pull a T-shirt over my pajama pants, and stumble downstairs.
The shared kitchen is flooded with sunlight.
Mary is standing at the stove wearing that fluffy robe again—the one that makes her look like a polar bear. Her auburn hair is loose, falling in messy waves over her shoulders.
I stop in the doorway.
It’s the first time I’ve seen her like this in the morning. No makeup. No carefully arranged hair. No armor for facing the world.
Just... her.
