Wild Boys - Heath by Melissa Foster Page A

made him smile. “How’s Riley?”
    “Great. Getting anxious to have our wedding.” Josh and Riley had been engaged, and business partners, for more than a year.They’d both grown up in Weston, but they hadn’t started dating until she’d moved to the city to work for Josh.
    Heath remembered that Josh and Riley had fallen for each other pretty quickly, too. “Josh, do you mind if I ask you a personal question?”
    “Sure. Go ahead.”
    “How did you know Riley was the right woman for you?”
    Josh turned his dark eyes on Heath, and without missing a stephe said, “There was never any question. We kissed. I knew.” He shifted his eyes to the path ahead of them. “When it’s right, you know.”
    “That simple?”
    “How many years have you been running?”
    Heath shrugged. “Since high school.”
    “How did you know you were a runner?” Josh slowed as they came to the entrance of the park.
    “One day a buddy asked if I wanted to go for a run. I went,and everything about it felt right. It fed my need to compete, helped clear my head, and gave me more energy than I’d ever had in my life. There was no question if I’d run again. It was a matter of how soon I could make it happen.”
    “And how hard was that?”
    “I rearranged my schedule and made time the next day.”
    Josh cocked his head and smiled. “Exactly. When something’s right, nothingcan stand in your way. Love’s the same.”
    ***
    HEATH SPENT THE afternoon seeing patients and mulling over what Josh had said. There was no doubt in his mind Ally was the only woman he wanted, and hearing Josh say that he’d known in a heartbeat that what he and Riley had was true love, made Heath feel less like his feelings had come too fast. They were just fast, and that was okay by him.

    He and Ally had exchanged a few sexy texts, and when his phone vibrated in the late afternoon, he was smiling before he even withdrew it from his pocket.
    The text was from Logan. He read the message as he walked into his private office, trying to ignore his disappointment.
    How’s life?
    Heath smirked, knowing his brother was fishing for information on Ally. Logan didn’t like unansweredquestions, and it was probably driving him nuts not being able to uncover everything he could about Ally for Heath.
    Damn good. You?
    He set his phone on the desk and picked up a patient file to review. Logan’s text came in seconds later.
    Bringing your new friend to Mom’s Sunday?
    Heath had been pondering the same thing all day. He hadn’t introduced a woman to his family since hewas in college. Introducing his family was about the biggest step he could make, second only to spending the night. That was another thing he hadn’t done since college, and he wanted to cross that line with Ally. But after their conversation last night, he felt like she’d sent him conflicting messages. She seemed to want to move forward, regardless of how quickly their relationship was progressing,but she’d been honest about it scaring her. Asking her to meet his family might scare her even more—or drive home the realization that he was serious about her.
    He reread her text from earlier that morning before returning Logan’s text.
    Fifi and I were just wondering the same thing. Can’t wait to see you tonight. Xo
    He smiled as he returned Logan’s text.
    Maybe.
    Heath confirmedthat Logan and his brothers still planned to meet tomorrow night at NightCaps. His thoughts drifted back to Ally—not that they ever veered very far from her. He looked around his office, wishing she were there. She’d probably like flipping through his medical journals, which he kept on the bookshelves on the wall by the window. He checked the time and realized he was already late to see his nextpatient. He picked up the phone and called the front desk.
    “Yes, Dr. Wild?”
    “Hi, Judy. Would you mind having Katrina put together my archived medical journals and leave them on my desk in a box?” Katrina was a floater,