Chasing Trouble (Texas Trouble) Read Online Free Page A
Author: Becky McGraw
at her him.
"Luck of the draw, sis..." he said with a chuckle.
"Yeah, contrary to popular belief, I am a doctor...your dad seemed to have a hard time believing it too," Jenny said with a little edge to her tone.
Chase thought maybe the members of his family were missing the little filter between brain and mouth that everyone else had, and inwardly cringed. "She's a damned good doctor, she patched my ugly butt up," Chase said fervently and watched her blush.
Shauna elbowed him gently and said, "Well someone had to do it, I guess she just made it a little easier to take," Shauna said with a sly grin.
"You're headed out?" Chase asked the gorgeous doctor and thought she probably had a date, and his heart twisted a little in his chest.
"Yeah, I'm meeting a friend for drinks after work," she told him hesitantly. "I'd better be going..." She walked over to the bed, then stuck her hand out to him, and said with a finality he didn't like, "It was a pleasure meeting you Mr. Rhodes. I hope you get to feeling better soon."
It was a goodbye, and he wasn't ready to let her go.
"Chase," he corrected her. "Call me Chase...and please don't leave yet."
"I have to go, but I'll be here tomorrow morning. I might stop by tomorrow and check on y ou before you get discharged."
"I'm going to find mama," Shauna said, but he didn't look at her, his eyes were trapped by the beautiful aqua blue ones of Dr. Anderson.
"Okay, I'll see you in a few then," he said offhandedly as Shauna walked across the room and out the door.
"Your sister is um...colorful," she said.
"That's definitely putting it mildly..." he agreed with a chuckle, then sobered and asked her in a low intimate tone he hadn't intended, "What's your first name, Doc?"
"Jenny," she said unsteadily.
"Jenny, before the wrecking crew comes back, I want to ask you something..." he said then ventured with a grin, "Will you have dinner with me?"
Chase knew he was about to get shot down, because her smile faded. "I'm sorry, Mr. Rhodes...Chase...I don't date patients."
"As of tomorrow afternoon, I won't be your patient ," he argued mildly.
"I don't date former patients either," she told him with a shake of her head.
"Consider it a thank you for saving my life, not a date," he suggested. There had to be something he could say to get her to agree. He definitely didn't need any more women friends, he had plenty of those lately, but if that's what it took to get to know Dr. Jenny Anderson better, that's what he'd be...for now.
"You don't have to thank me, you'll get a bill from the hospital," she told him with a wry twist of her full lips. "That's thanks enough."
"Please...." Chase wasn't above begging. Something about Jenny Anderson drew him, and it was more than her being gorgeous. She was obviously a caring person, seemed to have a sense of humor, but there was an air of vulnerability about her.
Someone had hurt this woman, and badly. It was right there in her eyes, and her tense shoulders. She was afraid.
He'd like to hear that story, because whoever it was must be a moron for letting her go. And the way she was avoiding agreeing to dinner with him, he knew he had his work cut out for him getting close enough to her to hear it.
Chase wasn't afraid of a little work though, if one thing could be said about him, he was determined, which meant he usually got what he wanted....except lately his luck had been running south. That was going to change.
"Sorry, no..." she said and patted his shoulder then stepped back from the bed. "I'll drop by tomorrow. Try not to give the nurses too much of that charm. They'll go into a sugar coma." Jenny Anderson winked at him then turned and walked out the door.
CHAPTER THREE
Jenny couldn't get out of Chase Rhode's room fast enough. When she was in the corridor, she leaned back against the wall and took a deep breath, something it had been entirely too difficult to do when she'd been in her
"Luck of the draw, sis..." he said with a chuckle.
"Yeah, contrary to popular belief, I am a doctor...your dad seemed to have a hard time believing it too," Jenny said with a little edge to her tone.
Chase thought maybe the members of his family were missing the little filter between brain and mouth that everyone else had, and inwardly cringed. "She's a damned good doctor, she patched my ugly butt up," Chase said fervently and watched her blush.
Shauna elbowed him gently and said, "Well someone had to do it, I guess she just made it a little easier to take," Shauna said with a sly grin.
"You're headed out?" Chase asked the gorgeous doctor and thought she probably had a date, and his heart twisted a little in his chest.
"Yeah, I'm meeting a friend for drinks after work," she told him hesitantly. "I'd better be going..." She walked over to the bed, then stuck her hand out to him, and said with a finality he didn't like, "It was a pleasure meeting you Mr. Rhodes. I hope you get to feeling better soon."
It was a goodbye, and he wasn't ready to let her go.
"Chase," he corrected her. "Call me Chase...and please don't leave yet."
"I have to go, but I'll be here tomorrow morning. I might stop by tomorrow and check on y ou before you get discharged."
"I'm going to find mama," Shauna said, but he didn't look at her, his eyes were trapped by the beautiful aqua blue ones of Dr. Anderson.
"Okay, I'll see you in a few then," he said offhandedly as Shauna walked across the room and out the door.
"Your sister is um...colorful," she said.
"That's definitely putting it mildly..." he agreed with a chuckle, then sobered and asked her in a low intimate tone he hadn't intended, "What's your first name, Doc?"
"Jenny," she said unsteadily.
"Jenny, before the wrecking crew comes back, I want to ask you something..." he said then ventured with a grin, "Will you have dinner with me?"
Chase knew he was about to get shot down, because her smile faded. "I'm sorry, Mr. Rhodes...Chase...I don't date patients."
"As of tomorrow afternoon, I won't be your patient ," he argued mildly.
"I don't date former patients either," she told him with a shake of her head.
"Consider it a thank you for saving my life, not a date," he suggested. There had to be something he could say to get her to agree. He definitely didn't need any more women friends, he had plenty of those lately, but if that's what it took to get to know Dr. Jenny Anderson better, that's what he'd be...for now.
"You don't have to thank me, you'll get a bill from the hospital," she told him with a wry twist of her full lips. "That's thanks enough."
"Please...." Chase wasn't above begging. Something about Jenny Anderson drew him, and it was more than her being gorgeous. She was obviously a caring person, seemed to have a sense of humor, but there was an air of vulnerability about her.
Someone had hurt this woman, and badly. It was right there in her eyes, and her tense shoulders. She was afraid.
He'd like to hear that story, because whoever it was must be a moron for letting her go. And the way she was avoiding agreeing to dinner with him, he knew he had his work cut out for him getting close enough to her to hear it.
Chase wasn't afraid of a little work though, if one thing could be said about him, he was determined, which meant he usually got what he wanted....except lately his luck had been running south. That was going to change.
"Sorry, no..." she said and patted his shoulder then stepped back from the bed. "I'll drop by tomorrow. Try not to give the nurses too much of that charm. They'll go into a sugar coma." Jenny Anderson winked at him then turned and walked out the door.
CHAPTER THREE
Jenny couldn't get out of Chase Rhode's room fast enough. When she was in the corridor, she leaned back against the wall and took a deep breath, something it had been entirely too difficult to do when she'd been in her
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