{"product_id":"the-ultimate-medical-romance-bundle","title":"The Ultimate Medical Romance Bundle","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNine months ago, I took a job nannying for a surgeon and told myself it was just work.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI told myself that even after his brother Eli pulled me into the hospital stairwell. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis hand sliding around the back of my neck. His mouth finding mine slow and deliberate — like he'd been thinking about it for months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI kissed him back. \u003c\/em\u003eI knew I shouldn't have. But I kissed him back anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI never told anyone. Not a single coworker. Not my best friend. Because I knew what it would cost me — the job, the little girl I'd grown to love, all of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSo I kept showing up. Kept making Sophie's lunches and braiding her hair and pretending everything was fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThen one night I woke to screaming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eFor a moment I didn't know where I was — heart pounding, darkness everywhere, that sound cutting through the silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSophie.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI threw off the covers and ran down the hall. She was sitting up in bed, crying, shaking, her arms already reaching for me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\"I'm here. I'm here.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI pulled her into my lap and she buried her face in my neck and sobbed — deep, shuddering sobs that shook her whole small body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\"I had a scary dream,\" she gasped. \"Mommy, I had a scary dream. Don't leave me. Please don't leave me, Mommy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eMy chest cracked open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI held her tighter. Rocked her. Smoothed her hair back from her damp forehead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\"Shh. I'm not going anywhere. I've got you.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eShe clung to me until her breathing slowed, until sleep pulled her back under, until she was soft and heavy in my arms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI didn't correct her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI should have. I knew I should have. But she was scared and small and holding onto me like I was the only solid thing in her world, and I couldn't make myself say \u003cem\u003eI'm not your mommy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWhen I looked up, Nathan was standing in the doorway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eMy heart stopped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\"How long have you been standing there?\" I whispered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHis jaw tightened. His eyes were dark, unreadable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\"I heard everything.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAfter that night, something shifted. He lingered at breakfast. Poured my coffee before I could reach for it. His hand would find the small of my back as he passed me in the kitchen — light, brief, like he wasn't even thinking about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI kept telling myself it didn't mean anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eUntil the night of the hospital gala, when he got down on one knee in front of five hundred people, ring box open, eyes full of something certain and real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAnd his brother, Eli, was standing right behind him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eJaw tight. Eyes locked on mine. 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