Free The Baby of Their Dreams (Contemporary Medical Romance) by Carol Marinelli Page B

were working. Today, in fact,’ Cat said.
    ‘I don’t believe you for a moment.’
    She couldn’t blame him for that.
    ‘What time to do you finish work?’ Dominic asked.
    ‘I’ve got plans tonight,’ Cat said to his shoulder, because she still couldn’t meet his eyes.
    ‘Tough,’ he said. ‘Cancel them.’
    ‘I’ve actually got a doctor’s appointment.’
    He hesitated but he refused to be fobbed off. ‘What time is your appointment?’
    ‘Five,’ Cat said. ‘But my obstetrician is a friend of mine and I’m going there for dinner afterwards...’ She was floundering for excuses. She would far prefer to have had this conversation over the phone or via email. There at least she could have hidden from his angry gaze.
    And, yes, he was angry—even if she was doing her best not to see it, she could feel it from his stance and she could hear it in his terse voice.
    ‘I’m quite sure that your obstetrician friend will understand that you can’t make dinner because you’re going to be having a long overdue conversation with your baby’s...’ He halted and glanced over her shoulder, and Cat guessed that Andrew was making his way back.
    ‘Name somewhere,’ Dominic said, ‘and I’ll be there.’
    She hesitated a beat too long for his impatient mood.
    ‘Name somewhere,’ he said again, ‘or I’ll just keep right on talking until you do and your boss will quickly realise that I have a rather vested interest in this maternity leave position.’
    ‘Oliver’s,’ Cat said, referring to a small wine bar that a lot of staff at the hospital frequented. ‘It’s just down the—’
    ‘I’m sure that I’m capable of working it out.’
    The conversation ended as Andrew joined them again.
    ‘How’s your mother-in-law?’ Dominic asked politely.
    ‘Thankfully, she’s about to head off to the ward.’ Andrew gave a sigh of relief. ‘Would you like to come and take a look at the radiology department, Dominic?’
    ‘I’d love to,’ he said, and then he addressed Cat. ‘It was nice to meet you.’
    ‘And you.’ She gave him a tight smile.
    For the next couple of hours Dominic remained in the department, being shown around, observing a clinic and being introduced to staff. It was clear to Cat that Andrew had decided that he had the role.
    She was busy enough to avoid him and Dominic seemed fine with that for he made no attempt to catch her eye or talk.
    He did let her know, though, when he was leaving. She was sitting on a high stool, trying to write up some notes, but had just put her hands on her hips to curve her aching back and stretch it when he came in.
    ‘I’m heading off,’ he said, and Cat glanced around and saw that they were alone.
    ‘You don’t have to tell me your movements,’ she responded in a very crisp voice. Now that the shock of seeing him was starting to wear off, her own anger with him was making itself known and she let a little of it out. ‘You knew full well that I worked here. What on earth were you thinking?’
    ‘We’ll speak tonight,’ he said. ‘Take as long as you need for your appointment but don’t even think of not showing up afterwards. I want this sorted before we start working together.’
    ‘Working together?’ she checked. ‘I thought you were applying for the maternity leave position.’
    ‘I am but Andrew mentioned that you were short-staffed and wanted to know how I’d feel about doing a few locum shifts prior to commencing full-time.’
    ‘
If
you get the job.’
    ‘Why wouldn’t I get it? The interview went very well,’ he said. ‘I happen to be very good at what I do. Andrew seems to think I’d be an asset...’
    He’d be an emotional liability, though, Cat thought. Well, she’d soon see about him working here, she decided as Dominic stalked off, though she didn’t get a chance to speak to Andrew for the rest of the day.
    Instead, she sat in Gemma’s office at a quarter to six, having her blood pressure taken. Given who had just