Healing The Md's Heart. Nicole Foster

her arm to turn her back to him. “Is that what you want? Because it sure as hell isn’t what I want.”

      “No,” she said, so softly he wasn’t sure he’d heard her answer. She looked shaken and he could feel the effort she was making to hold herself stiffly, to keep her control. “But you aren’t the only one who’s afraid of getting hurt. I do care—a lot more than I should—and I don’t even want to think about how I could hurt either of you. I don’t want to think about how you could hurt me, either, when you decide it’s time for you to leave. So, no, it’s not what I want. But maybe it’s the best thing for both of us.”

      She pulled herself free from his grip and quickly strode into the darkness, leaving him there alone.