Love at First Sight - By B. J. Daniels Page 0,41

glass wall, feeling a little light-headed and confused and…married, she thought, looking over at Jack. His gaze met hers and she felt something chemical arc between them.

“Wow, her pulse just spiked,” the EMT said. “So did her heart rate.”

She didn’t doubt it. But after all, she was a newlywed.

The EMT shone a flashlight into her eyes. “Doesn’t look like she suffered a concussion, though.” He checked her vitals again. “She seems stable.”

Stable? Karen doubted her mother would agree. “Have I told my mother yet?” she asked Jack. Jack. She liked the name. Jack Adams. A strong name. Just like him. Broad shoulders. Nice slim hips. She noted the way his jeans fit his behind. Ummm.

“No,” Jack answered. “You wanted to wait.”

Probably just wanted to put it off, she thought.

“Do you want us to take her in?” the EMT asked.

“No, I’ll get a doctor to look at her,” Jack said, studying her with concern.

She smiled. What a thoughtful husband she had. “I’m sure I’ll be fine. How bad could a little fall be, anyway?”

Her husband didn’t look convinced. Husband. She thought she could get used to this.

“I’ll take her to my doctor’s office on the way,” he said.

On the way where? “Are we on our honeymoon yet?” she asked, wondering how she’d hit her head in a phone booth and what the two of them had been doing here to begin with. Maybe he’d brought her to the carousel for a ride. She could hear the music and smell the river. What other reason would they be here?

Shouldn’t they have been headed for some place more…intimate? At the least, more private than a phone booth?

But then she couldn’t imagine herself married. Let alone eloping. Or getting married at city hall. Her mother was going to kill her.

“It isn’t much of a honeymoon so far, huh?” she said as Jack helped her to her feet and over to a Jeep, the lights on top flashing red and blue. He really was a cop. “I’m sorry.”

He closed the Jeep door and looked down at her through the open window. “You have nothing to be sorry about.” He smiled then, a sweet, slow smile that warmed his eyes and sent a shiver through her.

Well, one thing she wasn’t sorry about, she thought, as she watched him go around to the driver’s side and climb in. She was pretty sure she was glad she’d fallen in love with this man.

“It must have been rather sudden,” she said as he drove away from the river, the sound of the carousel fading away.

He nodded. “Love at first sight.”

“I guess!” she said, studying his face. She could see how it might have happened. He had a nice face, boyish but just imperfect enough to be interesting as well as masculine and definitely handsome.

But still, it seemed so unlike her. She had a feeling she hadn’t been acting herself lately.

But what made her believe him was the electricity she felt sparking between them, especially when their gazes met and held.

Like right now. He’d looked over at her, concern still in the depths of his brown eyes. She felt herself sizzle under his gaze and smiled shyly. They must have a great sex life. She couldn’t wait to have her memory refreshed.

“I want you to see a doctor, just to make sure you’re all right,” he was saying.

“I really am fine, Jack.” She liked the feel of his name on her lips. “I don’t want a silly little fall to spoil our honeymoon. Where are we going for our honeymoon?”

“It’s a surprise.”

“I love surprises,” she said, sitting back in the Jeep and watching the world rush by. Married. It felt strange, but good. It felt unfamiliar, but somehow right. Just like this man beside her.

JACK PACED outside the doctor’s examining room like a man in one of those old movies whose wife was about to give birth. When the doctor finally came out, he gave Jack a big smile and a slap on the back.

“Karen tells me the two of you were married this morning,” he said. “Congratulations.”

“Thank you,” Jack said, knowing he was going to live to regret his impetuousness—and probably very soon. “How is she?”

“She has a slight concussion. I’d keep an eye on her.”

That’s exactly what Jack planned to do.

“And don’t worry, her injury won’t interfere with your honeymoon plans,” he said with a wink.

Great, Jack thought as Karen came out of the examining room and he led her out to the Jeep. She took his arm.