More Than Forever (Providence Series Book 2) Read Online Free Page B

safe for the babies?”  
    “Mr. Montgomery has arranged for the best care for you, Isla,” Jennifer smiled warmly at me. Obviously, Luke had worked his magic on yet another female. 
    I had absolutely nothing to say right now so I just turned to look at Luke. He was looking irritatingly pleased with himself as he stiffly started getting our stuff together. 
    “Knock, knock…” a deep voice rumbled from the doorway. “Ahhh, Montgomery, I might have known that you’d show up,” Dacks said as he walked into the room.  
    “Richards,” Luke grumbled from beside me. 
    Dacks took in the bags in Luke’s hands and raised his eyebrows. “Going somewhere? I admit, the bag suits you, Luke, but it doesn’t match your outfit.”
     
    Looking over at Luke, I saw that he was holding the bag that I’d had with me for the meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister. He was such a big guy that the bag that I’d had with me looked absurd in his hands, and I couldn’t help laughing silently as Luke glared back at Dacks.
     
    “Why are you here?” Luke asked as he moved even closer to me.  I was starting to think that there was a problem between these two, but before I could ask Dacks burst out laughing.
     
    “Ah, Montgomery, you pull at my heart strings with the constant affection. As much as I appreciate the flirting, I just came here to see how my beautiful girl was doing.” 
     
    Feeling Luke turn to stone beside me, I decided to cut in now before it got out of hand. “They’ve agreed to release me under the care of a physician,” I started just as a thought hit me. “I don’t have a physician here; I haven’t needed one.” I looked over at Jennifer who was standing there, taking us all in in amusement. I’m glad someone found this situation funny. 
    “That’s okay, Isla, Mr. Montgomery has organized it all, and I can assure you that Doctor Lo’s the best there is in Singapore.” 
    “Of course he did, of course he is…” I muttered feeling seriously pissed off. After what he did, he suddenly comes in and just takes over, as always. 
    “She,” Luke interrupted. 
    “She what? Who?” I didn’t have a clue what he was talking about. 
    “She,” he repeated. 
    “Luke, will you make sense! I have no idea who she is.” I looked over at Dacks to see if he knew what was going on, but, as always, he looked relaxed and was now leaning against the wall watching the show in front of him.  
    “Doctor Lo is a she,” Jennifer said, placing my shoes on the floor in front of me.
     
    “She’s absolutely lovely and will make sure you and these precious babies,” she pointed towards my stomach, “are happy and healthy.”
     
    “Babies?” Dacks sputtered from the wall and burst out laughing. “ Babies ? As in more than one?” You couldn’t help watching in fascination as his normally tanned face went an alarming shade of red with how hard he was laughing; even Jennifer was standing watching it. “Oh Jesus,” he panted wiping his eyes. “Your dad told me that she was special to you, man, but knocking her up at a distance?”
     
    Realizing that no one else in the room was laughing with him, Dacks stopped and looked up at us all. “You have to admit, that’s impressive!” 
     
    “Dacks, you’re a twat. Jennifer, thank you for looking after Isla and my babies and for all of your help setting up Doctor Lo.” Luke gently took my hand and started pulling me towards the door as I grabbed the IV machine at the last second and wheeled it with me.
     
    Thanking Jennifer, I walked behind him out the door leaving Dacks laughing again as he followed behind us.  It was somewhat tense in the elevator on the way to the car, but I just stood looking straight ahead listening to Luke grind his teeth beside me. I couldn't help my audible sigh of relief when the doors opened and I saw the exit to freedom ahead of me.
     
    “Say goodbye to the asshole, Isla.”
     
    Rolling my eyes, I turned and waved at Dacks.