Book Two in the "Alcaraz Duology"
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Catalina Alcaraz is a single mother with a past that she doesn't wish to revisit. She has managed to become a successful doctor and to create a life of her own desp...
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I smiled and I became nervous, so I panicked.
I'm still in disbelief. I heard him call me doctor and I smiled. That's all I needed to fucking smile and it's so unlike me. No man has ever made me smile like that for no reason. He also made me nervous. I don't know if it's because he doesn't hide the fact that he wants something with me or if it's the sound of his deep and sexy voice. Maybe it's both.
I panicked and I hung up on him. I then proceeded to think about him all night until I fell asleep but not even in my damn sleep did I escape him. I dreamt of him, and it was a dream that made me feel weird after. I woke up feeling weird and just the thought of him scares me in a good way and it makes me so unbelievably nervous.
I don't want him. I couldn't have him even if I wanted to, as sweet, hot, beautiful, and gorgeous as he is. Those damn dimples and his lovely brown eyes make this all worse.
I leave the hospital, talking with Lucia on the phone. We lightly converse to catch up on a few things as I make my way to the car to go pick up my lunch. I stop for a moment to let a car pass at the same time Lucia brings up a certain someone.
"Mama told me that Silas talked to Orion." She tries so hard to fight back a smile, I am sure of it.
Mama informed me of the same thing. Apparently, he heard the hurtful things Orion said to me when I went to check in on him in his bedroom. He went in and had some sort of conversation with him which is why Orion seemed so calm the morning after. Apparently, he asked him to respect me and tried to help him understand that I had leave but that he still had every right to feel upset.
"What are those man's intentions with me and my son?" I ask, expecting her to know.
She must know because if I remember clearly, her husband is that same man's best friend. I can basically hear her holding back one of those big, beautiful smiles of hers. I hear Dahlia in the background as she continues her silence.
"You helped him with those expensive gifts he sent." I inform her of what I am sure is true.
She lets out a small laugh. I'm right.
"I only told him your shoe sizes. That is it." She admits honestly.
"He has a huge crush on you, Catalina." Lucia then adds on.
I sigh at hearing hope in her tone of voice.
My mind then immediately goes to my Orion. Does Silas genuinely like him or is he only using him to get close to me? I don't want Orion to get hurt or have his little heart broken by some horny idiot.
"He is a good man, Cat. I've known him long enough to assure you of it." She speaks when all she gets from me is a brief moment of silence.
"His intentions are pure." She sounds very sure of what she is telling me.
