was a bit of a surprise for both of us.’
‘I’ll say,’ Rosie said drily.
He ruffled her hair. ‘I have to go. Iris says you have to sit still and be good, or she’ll scalp me. Is it OK if I come back tomorrow?’
‘Of course it is.’ She frowned. ‘Why are you even asking me that?’
‘I don’t want to make things awkward.’
‘With Marina, you mean? Or the rest of my family?’ She patted his hand. ‘Stop worrying. Of course it’s not going to be awkward. If anything, they’ll be pleased I’ve got someone else to come in and nag me to rest.’
He couldn’t help laughing. ‘Good.’
She smiled at him. ‘Thanks for coming, Max. It’s been really good to see you again.’
‘You, too.’ He hugged her, and left for the emergency department.
But he couldn’t stop thinking about what Rosie had told him.
Marina didn’t date.
He hadn’t dated much since he’d split up with Marina, either. Most of the time, he’d been too busy at work to bother with a relationship. But when he’d come back to England and had started dating again something had always been missing. He’d always ended up finishing a relationship before it had even got started.
If he was honest with himself, he knew why: because nobody had ever matched up to his ex-wife.
And Rosie had told him that there was nobody serious in Marina’s life, either.
Quite what that meant, he didn’t know. Did Marina still have feelings for him? But, in that case, surely she would’ve talked to him and asked him to give their marriage another try, instead of sending divorce papers to him? Or maybe marriage to him had disappointed her so much that she wasn’t prepared to try again with anyone else.
The only way to find out was to ask her.
Though, it wasn’t the easiest of subjects to broach. Particularly as they had to work together. Right now, they had a guarded working-relationship; not an easy one, but a tolerable one. Asking the wrong questions at the wrong time could tip it over into being intolerable—which wouldn’t be fair to their colleagues.
Last time, they’d rushed into things, and it had gone spectacularly wrong. This time, maybe he should try being patient.
And when the time was right, Max decided, then he’d ask those questions.
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