Flash Marriage To My Mysterious Patient

ef lull in the ER. Kellie Walter didn't flinch. She stood at the sink, the

k had been messy, but she ha

a mix of awe and exhaustion. "Dr. Walter," he said, his voice low and reverent. "You'r

with quick, efficient movements. She shot him a glance, her expression flat.

opened his mouth to apologize,

the linoleum. "Acute alcohol poisoning," she called out, her voice

at the patient. He was curled on his side, his knees drawn up to his chest. His face w

the way down and smelled like rot on the way up. Kellie's nose wrinkled. It wa

ubber snapping against her wrists. "Sir," she said

groan, his bo

on his clipboard. "Just another young guy drink

sing down firmly. The man let out a muffled cry of pain, his muscles se

and, her fingers firm against his jaw, and tilted his face

as fully illuminated,

r heart did a violent stut

brows. Even sick and pale, the bone structure was undenia

recog

rk's Office. That face, looking at her across a s

ry A

husb

ing in her ears. He had noticed her pause, the sud

distant sound of someone crying. She forced her fingers to relax, he

giving nothing away. "Prep a liter of n

t was he doing here? Why was he drinking himself into a coma? Th

clattering against the floor. She was dressed in a sleek, stylish wool co

he side of the bed. She grabbed the r

with him? He never drives, I had to drag him out of that piece-of-crap

fierce energy. He looked at Kellie, waiting for h

he image of the "Columbia adjunct math professor" she had married snapped into

rse. "We need to do an emergency endoscopy. We have to rule out

arp focus. "Endoscopy? Do I need

need a signature from a nex

California! They're retired professors, they can't get

y gray color. A strange, uncomfortable sensation twisted in her

ent form," Kellie

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ie took it. Her fingers wrapped around the plastic

dn't look at Zara. She stared dow