Sneaking Around (Sneaky Love Book 2)

by Chelle Pimblott

  “The two together are hysterical because Mr tough guy here, is trying to pretend he's not in love with my sister but he really didn’t appreciate Dr Johnson flirting with her.” At the knowing look on the nurse’s face, Alex chuckles again and continues, “I think that Mia’s reaction to the flirting is what’s pissing him off the most though.”

  “Mr Robson, may I call you Dan?” I nod in reply. “Ok well Dan, you need to tell her. You can't go all caveman on her and not let her know why. I think she would be quite receptive and if she isn’t, well you're a very handsome man, perhaps you can come back and find me, when you're no longer under my care.”

  I don’t get the chance to answer her because the girls have returned with coffee and Mia takes me by surprise.

  MIA

  What the hell is in the water around this place? First the doctor is flirting with me instead of looking after Dan and then the nurse is flirting with Dan instead of treating him! As we get back to the cubicle all I hear is the nurse say, ‘you're a very handsome man, perhaps you can come back and find me, when you're no longer under my care’ and I see red. Before I've thought about what I'm doing I storm over to the bed and plant a passionate kiss on Dan, it takes all of a second before he responds and that makes my heart skip a beat.

  I pull back and look him dead in the eyes and ask, “So how are we doing here sugar? Are you all patched up so that I can take you home yet?” I look over to Nurse Feely and give her a questioning look. There is amusement all over her face and she nods, “He’s almost ready to go, I just have to get Doctor Johnson back in to check the dressing and sign him out. I won't be a minute.”

  I look over to Alex as the nurse walks out and she says to him, “Yeah they’re gonna sort it all out, don’t you worry Alex.”

  He nods his head in answer and says with a shit eating grin on his face, “Yeah I know, they just have to work that out.” Ally giggles like she's in on the joke. I don’t care what they all think they know, I'm just happy I get to take Dan home soon.

  Now, do I force him to come stay with me or do I tell him I'm staying with him?

  DAN

  Dr Smugarse comes back in to check out Nurse Kat’s handiwork and I don’t let Mia leave my side. Her hand is resting in my uninjured hand the entire time he's there.

  “The patient is looking good. Nurse Kat did an excellent job and there shouldn’t be a need for further care. Just keep an eye on it in case it gets infected, any sign of redness or heat, take yourself straight to the doctor’s clinic and they’ll give you some antibiotics but I can’t see anything there right now.” He looks me in the eyes and then his eyes drift down to our joined hands. He nods his head and smiles at Mia, “You take good care of our patient and I hope to not see you guys back here anytime soon. Nurse Kat here will get you all the paperwork you need and then you can head home.”

  “Thank you for everything Doctor Johnson.” Mia says to him with a big smile. She’s holding my hand and she's still smiling at him like he saved my life!

  “Yeah thanks Doc, I hope we don’t run in to each other again too soon.” I say.

  “DAN!” Mia shouts at me.

  “No it’s ok Mia, I know exactly what he means. Take care of each other.” Doctor Johnson says.

  We get all the paperwork sorted and Nurse Kat shows Mia how to check the wound and wrap it back up again and then we’re all leaving, heading for home.

  “Why don’t you guys wait here and we’ll go get the cars.” Ally says as they walk away.

  “Thanks for coming Dipshit, even if it was just for Mia, I appreciate the company.”

  “It wasn’t just for Mia, Dickwad, I was worried about you. Mia couldn’t tell me how badly you were injured because you hadn’t shown her. She's not the only one around here that cares about what happens to you.”

  “Ok well thanks.” I go to shake his hand but it’s awkward because my hand is all wrapped up like a fucking mummy! Instead, he pulls me in for man hug and a whack on the back. “You know, I was making her something when I did this, but I don’t think she’ll want it. I started it before, well before everything happened that night.”

  “What are you making for her?”

  “A box like I made for you to give to Ally. Just a different design that suits Mia.”

  “You made Mia a trunk for all her important possessions? Like I got you to make for me to give to Ally when we got engaged?” I nod in answer. “Wow! Man she’ll absolutely love that and you know it. You can't deny what’s between you two after that little display in there from both of you.” he nods his head towards the clinic. “I want you guys to be happy Dan, like Ally and I am. You need each other, I can see that now.”

  Before I have the chance to answer him both ladies are back with the cars and I'm tucked in to the passenger seat of Mia’s car and she's asking me, “Your place or mine? Don’t argue with me Dan, I am staying with you for the next couple of days, so the choice of where is completely yours.”

  Guess I have a roommate for a couple of days. “Mine, if that’s ok with you, please?”

  She looks surprised that I gave in so quickly but to be honest, I just want to go home and lie down for a while and I know I'm not going to win with her anyway so why fight it?

  I’m rewarded with the most beautiful smile and she says, “No that’s perfect. I just need to go home and grab a few things, ok? I won't be long I promise.”

  “Ok sweetcheeks, no problem.”

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  MIA

  I can't believe he gave in to me so easily. I don’t know whether it’s just because he can't be bothered, it’s been a long day, whether he’s in pain or if he actually wants me around. I don’t know what his reasoning is, I'm just happy that he agreed to me staying with him. I drive us to my house and tell him to stay in the car, he grumbles and says he’s more than capable of getting himself in and out of the car, not to mention ‘walking on his own two fucking feet’ but I tell him I won't be long so he might as well stay put.

  I am not giving him any reason to change his mind about saying I could come stay with him. This couldn’t have worked out better, I mean I don’t want him injured, hell no, but I can follow through with my plan much easier if I'm with him for the next few days. I run around my bedroom grabbing things here and there and shoving them in to a carry all. Clean underwear, sexy of course, jeans and a couple of clean shirts. If they’re all a little tight fitting, well all the better I say. I plan on playing sexy nurse for Dan and showing him some of what he's missing. A little mystery always works wonders though and being that he's already seen me naked, just giving a flash of skin here and there, hopefully that reminds him of what he's missing.

  I can't help but grin as I grab my keys and check that the door is locked again and then hurry out to my car. I was half expecting him to have called Alex for a lift home but no, he's still sitting there waiting for me.

  “Wow Mia, that didn’t take you long at all. You sure you got everything you need? Most women need to pack a suitcase for one night.”

  “I’m not most women, Robson.”

  “No, you sure aren’t Miss Reynolds.”

  “I’m going to take that as a compliment Mr Robson.” I say with a smile, as I look over to him in the passenger seat, while we drive back to his place.

  “It was definitely meant as one Miss Reynolds. Yup, definitely a compliment.” He sends me one of his sexy smiles and I melt. Maybe we can work this out.

  DAN

  I know I shouldn’t have said yes to her staying. Not at her house or mine but I just couldn’t bring myself to fight her. Do I want her around? Yes, yes I do. I'm in love with this woman and if she wants to look after me for a few days, then who am I to say she can't. Yeah I know, I'm an arsehole but I’ll live with it. She looked so damn cute and happy when I didn’t resist that I can feel my defences slipping already. After Dr Smugarse, I'm happy to have her come home with me and yes I know that makes me an arsehole too. Like I said though, I don�
�t care today. I might tomorrow or even the day after but not today.

  When we pull up to my place, I take my keys out of my pocket and say, “Just pull up in front of the garage and I’ll go open the door so you can park in there.” But before I can reach for the door handle, she’s taken my keys and already opened the door to the garage. When she's back in the driver’s seat I can't help but sit there staring at her.

  “What? Do I have something on my face?” She lets out a nervous laugh. “Well do I Robson?!”

  “No Reynolds, I'm just wondering when you learned to move that fast? I hadn’t even taken off my seatbelt before you were out of the car and opening that door.”

  “That’s true but you’ve been traumatised. You can get out of the car and come inside now. Or do you need some help to move?” I swear she just winked at me, was that a go at my manliness?

  “I can get myself out the car sweetcheeks, don’t you worry about me.” I grunt as I drag myself out of the car and walk over to the entrance of the house. My legs wobble a bit but there’s no way in hell I'm letting her in on that! “Do you want a drink or something to eat Mia?”

  “Oh look at you being all adorable and trying to be a good little host, pretending like I don’t know my way around this house better than my own!” She’s got a point, all be it a snarky one! “How about you go sit your cute arse down on the couch and I’ll make us something to eat and grab a couple of drinks? I have both of my hands to work with.”

  She leaves me just standing here, throws a wink my way and sashays off to the kitchen. I shake my head and do what I’m told, yeah I know it’s a surprise to me too! I make myself comfy on the couch, with my hand resting on a cushion. Ironically it’s a cushion that Mia convinced me I needed to make sitting here more comfortable. I reach for the TV remote and turn on the sports channel to wait for lunch.

  If I know Mia, and I think I know her pretty well, she’s not making a simple peanut butter sandwich. So I relax in to the back of the chair and just zone out watching the football.

  MIA

  I want to put some decent food in Dan’s belly after the trauma of this morning. I know he says he's ok and there isn’t that much damage. That the doctor agreed and told him to just keep it clean, makes me happy but that doesn’t mean his body hasn’t endured a little bit of trauma today. A small amount of shock and a good amount of food in his belly will do him good.

  I can hear him getting himself comfy on the couch and the TV is on, so I can relax a little now that I know he's actually listened to me. Now I just have to find something to eat in his kitchen! After looking through his pantry and fridge, I decide that cheese toasties are a good idea. He really needs to buy some food!

  “Hey Dan, you really need to do some grocery shopping, what the hell have you been eating lately? There’s isn’t much in this kitchen of yours ….” My voice trails off as I reach the couch and see him, his injured hand resting on his chest, the uninjured one resting behind his head on the cushion he didn’t want to buy but I made him, stretched out on his back with his eyes closed. I wonder for a second if he is actually asleep until I hear a quiet snore and I chuckle. I pull the blanket off the back of the couch that he keeps handy for me when we watch movies together and I fall asleep, and cover up his gorgeous body. I stand there just watching him sleep until I realise that if he wakes up, I'm going to look really fucking creepy and walk over to the kitchen table, put lunch down and grab out my laptop.

  Before I know it, both sandwiches are gone and I’ve gotten a shit load of work done. My phone rings and I jump to answer it, I don’t want Dan to wake up and it scared the shit out of me. It’s so quiet that the vibration made me jump but then the ringtone blared and I thought my heart was going to jump out of my chest! I look at the screen to see who it is before I answer.

  “Hi Tonya.” I say in a whisper.

  “Hi Mia why are you whispering?”

  “Hang on a second.” I whisper. I walk out on to the back deck and quietly close the door.

  “Sorry Tonya. I’m at Dan’s and he's asleep and I don’t want to wake him.”

  “Did you wear him out making up?” She laughs loudly and I have to wait for her to stop before I can speak again.

  “No, I came over to talk to him and walked in on him cursing the place down. He ran over his thumb with the sander and I took him to the clinic to get it checked. He’s fine, no big damages but I'm guessing he's a bit worn out. Adrenaline and all that, not to mention I showed up at just the right time to make him go see a doctor.”

  “Oh shit! I'm glad he's ok and you were there to make sure he looked after himself.”

  “He wouldn’t have dragged his stubborn arse to the doctor so I'm glad I was here too. Sorry I didn’t call you but I sent Max a text to say I was working from home for the rest of the day and tomorrow. I don’t have any meetings set up and I'm still working on that manuscript you sent me.” Every time I send through my edits, she sends more right back. I have my suspicions about who this author is but I'm not ready to voice them just yet.

  “Max did tell me you were working from home today, I thought it would have something to do with Dan but my money was on the seduction of the man, not his medical treatment. That being said this could definitely work to your advantage you know?”

  “Are you saying you’re glad he hurt himself? Cause I'm not! He almost took ten years off my life. I can say I never ever want to walk in to his workshop to hear him cursing up a storm and bleeding in to a rag. Even if it means he lowers the walls he’s put back up to block me out.”

  “No Mia, that’s not what I meant and you know it! All I meant was you could use the time to your advantage. Looking after a man, tending his wounds, feeding him, washing him and generally just helping him out makes him see you in a nurturing way and that appeals to a lot of guys. Not in the creepy he wants to sleep with his mother kind of way but in the way that you would make a great mother to his children kind of way.” She sighs deeply, “I don’t think I’m explaining myself too well but you know what I mean, don’t you?”

  Even though her way of explaining it scares the shit out of me, I really do understand what she's getting at. “I get what you mean Tonya but you have one twisted mind!” I laugh, because what else am I going to do?

  “You already knew that Mia!” she laughs along with me. “Anyway, I rang because I’ve emailed you another manuscript that I need you to take a look at please. I know you’ve got a few sitting on your desk but this one is grabbing some attention, so I’d like you to have a read of it for me and give me your opinion. There’s no rush on the one we’ve been working on together but I need you to get to this one and get close to finishing up the others.”

  “Ok, I'm on it. Did you want me to shelve this current one for a while then? I’ve done all the changes we discussed and there are a few extra notes in there too.”

  “Can you send me the new copy and then I’ll get back to you about continuing with it?”

  “Done. I’ll email it when I go back inside and then I’ll print out the new one and read it.” “Thanks Mia.”

  “It’s my job Tonya.”

  “I know but you never complain when I ask you to take on something else or I change my mind a hundred times a day.”

  “You’re the boss I'm just doing what you ask. I've had worse bosses, you never demand that I do something but I know that it needs to be done and that’s what I do.”

  “Not everyone feels like that. Anyway Mia, good luck with getting your man. I hope he makes you happy after all the effort you're putting in.”

  “He does Tonya. He’s the one for me. I love him and that’s all there is to it. After being with him already after wanting him for years, I can't go back to being just friends, so I'm going to put my heart and soul on the line. If he doesn’t want me, then I guess I’ll have to walk away but I'm not going without a fight, even if he was flirting with the nurse earlier!” I grumble.

  Tonya lets out a snort, “I don’t think yo
u have anything to worry about, but good luck anyway.”

  “Thanks Tonya, I’ll check in again tomorrow.” Then I walk back inside and sit down at my laptop.

  I almost jump through the ceiling when I hear a deep voice behind me say, “I wasn’t flirting with the nurse but you and Dr Smugarse were certainly enjoying each other’s company. Even Alex noticed you two flirting it up.”

  “Holy shit Dan! You scared the shit out of me, I thought you were still sleeping.”

  “No, I heard your phone and thought it was mine ringing. Then I remembered I have no clue where mine is and I was awake so, here I am.” He’s standing right behind me, so close I can feel the heat from his body but he's not touching me. God how I wish he would touch me! “Nurse Kat was telling me that if things didn’t work out for me with someone else, then I should feel welcome to come back and find her.”

  “Well I wasn’t flirting with Dr Johnson, he was flirting with me and I wasn’t sure how to deal with it because I wanted him to look after you properly. That’s why I went with Ally to get coffee, I didn’t want to distract him from your injury. Then I come back and nurse hussy is offering herself to you as a backup plan! What kind of woman does that? A desperate one that’s who!” I say with a little more venom than I had intended. Normally I wouldn’t talk about another woman like that but hell she had a nerve and she got on my last one.

  “That wasn’t what she was doing Mia. She was giving me some advice after your brother opened up that big mouth of his. That man really needs to mind his own business, honestly.”

  “Now it’s Alex’s fault she was flirting with you? Really Dan?”

  “She wasn’t flirting … you know what Mia, let’s just forget it all ok. I don’t want to have any memory of that damned clinic. I'm fine, you're fine, were all just fine.” He says.