“Whew!” Ruby said once Toby
was out of hearing distance and the window had been raised again.
“Exactly.” Gavin relaxed
against the headrest and blew out a long breath of relief.
“Were you scared, too? If so,
I sure couldn’t tell. You hold your feelings in way better than me any day. By
the way, thanks for covering for me.”
“No problem. Composure under
pressure is necessary to practice any form of medicine. As for being scared, I
think I was more worried than anything else. Not only am I trying to do
something good in this area, but I just got my commercial pilot’s license and plan
on starting a private jet service soon, so I really can’t afford a sex scandal.
Especially since I intend to reach a certain level of high-end clientele. In a
way, I guess I covered for us both
tonight.”
Ruby’s eyes bucked. “You’re
starting a new business?”
“Yes, I am.” Gavin chuckled at
her expression. “I became a dentist because my father’s busy clinic needed a
good one during its foundational stage. I became a pilot because I needed to do
what ultimately made me happy. I’m hoping
to phase myself out of my father’s practice soon and concentrate more fully on
flying.”
“With goals that lofty, why
risk your reputation for hot sex in a car with a stranger?”
He suddenly became very
serious. “That’s a loaded question with an equally loaded answer. Not only do I
think you’re worthy of taking a chance on, there’s a part of me that likes
living on the edge just as much as you seem to. If I had to do our backseat
romp all over again, I’d do it…and you
in a heartbeat.”
“Oh.” Ruby didn’t know what
else to say after that. His honesty and compliment clouded her thinking all
over again. They also had her body humming with desire again.
Snap
out of it, girl. He’s just a man, she told herself, forcing her
mind back on track. “With this new business venture, what’s going to happen to
the clinic you started in Blue-eyed Hollow?” Ruby said aloud.
“I’m still going to do that on
the weekends. Keeping my word to my father means a lot to me. If I can get more
doctors to sign on to the project, I may be able to turn it into a full-time
wellness clinic. One where the whole
person is tended to,” Gavin said, unlocking the door nearest him. “Now if we’re
through talking about business, can we go up to my room now? I want to make
love to you in a real bed. I want to
see if you really are the Energizer Bunny’s fraternal twin.” He chuckled,
revealing that ready sense of humor he had.
Ruby laughed. “Don’t you think
we should wait until our fake honeymoon to share a bed?”
Gavin leaned in close to her
right ear. “Red, if I have to wait longer than five minutes to get inside of
you again, we might get arrested tonight after all.” He gently bit her ear
before withdrawing.
Ruby shuddered. Her laughter
instantly dried up at those words and at the look of sheer hunger upon his face.
She could almost taste his desire. “I’m right behind you, sugar. Just let me
get my purse and keys.”
(c) 2014 by Mi'Chelle Dodson/Suprina Frazier
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