Hot Single Docs: The Playboy's Redemption. Carol Marinelli

they’re going the right way about it!’ Izzy shot back, but Diego shook his head.

      ‘Don’t go there, Izzy.’

      ‘I won’t!’ Izzy said, but she was exasperated. ‘They’ve been in every day, I’ve dressed her in the outfits they’ve bought, I text them a photo of her each night. What more do they want?’

      ‘Time,’ Diego said. ‘And so do we.’ He glanced over to make sure no one was in earshot ‘Do you want to come to my place tonight?’ He saw her swallow. ‘I’m closer to the hospital. If it makes the transition easier...’

      ‘Just for tonight,’ Izzy said, because she didn’t want to foist herself on him, but she couldn’t stand to be alone at the house on her first night away from Tilia.

      ‘Sure.’

      He got called away then, and Izzy sat there awash with relief, grateful for the reprieve, until it dawned on her.

      She was staying the night with Diego.

      How the hell could she have overlooked that?