Page 8 of Twin Surprise for the Italian Doc

‘Hospital A,’ Luke told them. ‘They have an internal medicine department and an intensive care unit and they are the closest.’

‘And what is the most important information to pass on about your patient?’

‘That he has a previously undiscovered allergy to morphine. We will write it on his notes and make sure the information is received by everyone we speak to. We will also advise thepatient that it would be a good idea to wear a Medic-Alert bracelet from now on.’

‘That was good.’ Matteo slapped Luke on the back as they left the house. ‘I might not have thought of recommending the bracelet.’

‘I was too slow to spot the change in our patient’s condition. Well done, you.’

Matteo grinned at his friend. ‘We make a good team.’

‘We’ve got a break now, haven’t we? About an hour?’

‘We should use it to do the driving test.’

‘Okay.’ Matteo was looking forward to this test. He might work on helicopters now but his early years as a paramedic had been on the road and he loved the challenge of driving fast and doing it well.

A gravelled area beside the river that ran through this village had been cordoned off for this part of the competition and a line of orange road conesmarked the course. They could see an ambulance completing the test as they arrived, clouds of dust billowing as it snaked around the cones at high speed and then came to a sudden halt between the cones marking the end of the course.

Another car was waiting for its turn.

The car with the Scottish flags.

And there it was again...

Distraction. A delicious buzz of anticipation at the knowledgehe would be seeing Georgia again.

It had always been a given that he would thoroughly enjoy coming to this competition again.

A smile took over his face as he spotted Georgia sitting in the driver’s seat of the girls’ vehicle. He just hadn’t realised how much better it would be this time.

‘Cute,’ he murmured.

The swift glance from Luke held a note of surprise. Or maybe concern. Did he thinkthat Matteo was here to chase women rather than focus on their performance? He thought fast, putting a casual smile on his face as he shifted his gaze from the woman in the driver’s seat. ‘I didn’t notice that before.’

The look of surprise increased as Luke raised his eyebrows. ‘You mean Georgia? Or Kate?’

Okay. Maybe his interpretation of that glance had been accurate.

He hoped his laugh wasas casual as his smile.

‘Oh, the girls are both cute but that wasn’t what I was looking at. Have you seen what is tied to the front of their car?’

It was a stuffed toy bear that was wearing a kilt and holding a set of bagpipes.

Matteo rolled down his window and pointed to the toy, raising his voice so that Georgia could hear him. ‘He is going to get dirty, I think.’

‘All part of the fun.’Georgia was grinning at him as she called back. Holding his gaze.

Mio Dio... That smile. The sparkle in those eyes. It was enough to make Matteo’s breath catch. For an odd warmth to ignite in his gut and then spread all the way through his body.

What was it about this woman that was so different?

So compelling?

Could Georgia feel this same unusual level of attraction? Possibly not, by howfocussed she clearly was on what she was about to do.

‘Which one of you is going to do the driving? You’re only allowed one person in the vehicle.’

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