Total pages in book: 28
Estimated words: 25131 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 126(@200wpm)___ 101(@250wpm)___ 84(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 25131 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 126(@200wpm)___ 101(@250wpm)___ 84(@300wpm)
I rubbed my palms together. “Give me a laptop to make a spreadsheet, and I’ll be more than ready.”
I kept busy while I spent the day with Toby at the clinic, but I still got a lot of insight into the man I was quickly falling for. He was smart and compassionate—great qualities in a doctor…and boyfriend—but he didn’t take shit from his club brothers. And he liked to spoil me. From the latte, protein box, and cookie he had a prospect run out to get me in the middle of the day to the wad of cash he’d just shoved into my hand.
“What’s this?”
“Your pay for the day.”
Shaking my head, I peeled a few bills off and tried to hand him the rest. “C’mon, it’s way too much for one day’s work.”
“I hate taking inventory of shit. Don’t have to do it at the hospital and come up with excuses to put it off here.” He tucked the roll of cash into my back pocket. “As far as I’m concerned, what you did today was invaluable.”
“It really wasn’t that big of a deal,” I denied.
He gave me a kiss that stole my breath and then murmured, “Quit arguing and come up to our room so I can give you your reward for being such a good girl today.”
“When you put it like that…who am I to argue?”
8
BLADE
“Chill, Blade,” Dahlia sighed and rolled her eyes. “She’s safe on the compound, and no one here will touch her while she’s wearing your cut.”
I frowned, still not convinced that I should go to work and leave Elise. I’d had another day off from the hospital yesterday and having her help in the clinic here the day before meant that I’d gotten way ahead on my to-do list, so we’d spent it cosseted in our room, mostly talking and getting to know each other, and leaving only to get food, then returning to our private little bubble. Everything I learned about her just made me even more certain that she was meant for me. She’d been pretty sore, so I’d told her no sex until she’d recovered. The little minx kept trying to tempt me, so I got creative with ways to make her come, but later that night, she’d woken me up by climbing on top of me and dropping down onto my cock.
Even though I’d lectured myself to be gentle, Elise tended to smash my control to smithereens. She’d bounced on my dick, squeezing her pussy and cupping her big tits, holding them up like an offering. I’d knifed up and latched onto one rigid peak while gripping her hips and lifting her up before slamming her back down.
Afterward, I’d let her recover, then turned her onto her stomach and spanked her ass for disobeying me. However, that had made her so fucking wet that I couldn’t resist pulling up her hips and fucking her from behind.
Unfortunately, I was due back to work today and was scheduled for a twelve-hour shift in the ER at Old Bridge General. That was too damn long to be away from my woman when we hadn’t found the bastard who’d hurt her yet.
Elise stood from the couch where she’d lounged beside Dahlia and slipped her arms around my waist. “I’ll be fine. Your patients need you.” She kissed my jaw sweetly, and I sighed, burying my face in her hair. She smelled like fresh, crisp apples, and I was completely addicted to her scent.
“Don’t like leaving you when you’re in danger,” I grunted.
“Am I really, though?”
I raised my head at her exasperated tone and glared at her.
“Is there anywhere safer for me to be than locked up on the compound, surrounded by your brothers, who you know will protect me as fiercely as you would?”
I wanted to argue that the compound had been breached before, but it was a thin excuse since they’d only made it just past the gate. “No,” I grumbled.
“Go to work. Save lives like the sexy hero you are, and I’ll be waiting when you get back.”
“Sexy, huh?” I asked with a grin.
Elise winked and murmured, “So sexy I’m gonna let you give me a very thorough physical when you get back.”
Laughing, I hugged her close before kissing her on the forehead, barely suppressing the urge to tell her I loved her. I wasn’t sure if she was ready to hear that yet.
“Blade.”
I glanced up to see Fox walking into the room. “Got a few minutes before you take off?”
After glancing at my watch, I nodded. “Ten,” I told him.
He jerked his chin up in acknowledgment, then turned his focus on his wife as he stopped in front of her. Bending low, he rubbed her protruding belly and whispered something in her ear that made her blush. Then he kissed her before standing and glancing over at me. “Let’s go.”