Fallen Angel by Patricia Puddle Page B

bit
longer.”
    “ Thank
goodness for that,” said the sister, following the nurse out the
door. “Check on her again in ten minutes.”
    Nathaniel peeked down the
corridor to make sure Devlin wasn’t around, then he hurried back to
Eloise’s bedside. Why on Earth had he told her he was her guardian
angel? Now he had to erase her memory of him before she woke and
remembered her dream. Closing his eyes, he made a mental note to
delete her memory of Devlin as well. No way was he leaving her
thinking an evil angel like Devlin was her guardian.
    Standing near the cot, he
gazed down at her and wondered what she was dreaming about. She
certainly looked peaceful and serene, so he hoped it was a good
dream. But then a frightening thought crossed his mind and he
prayed she wasn’t dreaming about him.
    Knowing he was about to
find out when he entered her psyche, he felt suddenly afraid. What
if she was dreaming about him and the kisses she’d given
him? As the memory of her touch came flooding back to him, he held
his head.
    Holy Heaven! He
couldn’t stop thinking how good she felt in his arms and how
gorgeous she looked in his robe—and without it. Oh, my God,
no!
    He quickly crossed
himself. This couldn’t be happening to him, it just couldn’t.
Covering his face with his hands, he fell to his knees and prayed
for the lustful thoughts to go away. Angels weren’t supposed to
have these emotions and now he was no better than Devlin—probably
even worse. After all, Devlin hadn’t kissed her—had he?
    He jumped to his feet.
Well if Devlin had kissed Eloise, or if she’d kissed him, he had to
know. Determined to find out, he closed his eyes and entered her
subconscious mind.
    Her lips broke into a
beautiful smile. “Oh, you came back. Are you going to tell me your
name? If you really are my guardian angel, I should at least know
that.”
    “ Eloise,
please listen to me. I’ll tell you my name, but first I have to
know if Devlin kissed you. Did he?”
    She bit her lip. “Why do
you want to know that? Are you jealous?”
    “ Eloise, please , I have no time for games, just tell me, it’s
important.”
    She folded her arms. “Not
until you tell me your name.”
    Nathaniel sighed. She was
as stubborn as ever. “Look, I’m your guardian angel. Devlin is not.
He’s a bad angel. He just wants to tempt you to do bad
things.”
    Her eyes went wide. “Oh,
like what?”
    “ Just answer
my question. Did he kiss you?”
    She smiled as if she was
enjoying herself. “He might have. He’s quite hot you
know.”
    “ Eloise!”
    Smirking, she looked him
up and down. “But he’s not as sexy as you, or as
pretty.”
    Nathaniel held his head.
Oh, great. That’s not what he needed to hear. “Come on, please
answer me. I haven’t got much time.”
    “ Why? Where
are you going? If you really are my guardian angel, you should be
by my side all the time, shouldn’t you?”
    “ I am by your
side all the time. I never leave. You just can’t see me. You’re not
supposed to see me.”
    “ Prove
it.”
    “ For goodness
sake, you’re the most infuriating ward I’ve ever had.”
    She frowned. “Oh, and how
many females have you had?”
    “ Eloise,
don’t be facetious, I’m an angel.”
    “ But I don’t
even know what facetious means, so how can I be it?”
    “ It means
inappropriate, and you know what that means.”
    She grinned
mischievously. “Okay, if you can prove you’re my guardian angel,
I’ll tell you about Devlin.”
    “ All right,
your best friends are Brooke and Ruby. You love One Direction,
Johnny Ruffo, Birdy, and ...”
    “ Oh, my God,
you know all that? Okay, what song do I play the most?”
    “ Well, I
don’t know who sings it because it’s new, but you drive me nuts
when you play it over and over all the time.”
    “ What’s it
called then?”
    Nathaniel rolled his
eyes. “It’s called ‘You’, and I should know because I’ve heard it a
million times.”
    Eloise’s held her