Page 42 of Shifter Marked and Claimed

He held me tighter with one arm and reached for the door with the other. We streaked across the hall to one of the patient rooms where he laid me gently down on the table.

I giggled. “Here?”

“It’s the closest thing to a bed I have. I’m sorry. If I had thought about it and realized…”

“There is no way you can possibly work like this,” I said reached down between us and touching him.”

“There are other ways to take care of that.”

“Show me later,” I said watching his eyes blaze.

He groaned and I thought he was going to stop, but then he nudged my thighs apart a little further and then he was there.

The second we merged as one, everything in my world felt right. This was where I was meant to be, maybe not quite there in the office on one of the patient tables, but with this man.

My heart swelled as he took me gently, ensuring everything was perfect for me.

This time when my body began to wire tightly, I had some inkling of expectation and it excited me. Still, I held off wanting to bring him with me. And boy was I glad I waited.

Watching Micah lose control and let go was the greatest thing ever and it brought me to new heights I never even dreamed of.

Neither of us wanted to open the clinic again after that. Micah was ready to call out for the day, but I knew we couldn’t do that. This was his job and now mine too.

The rest of the day wasn’t nearly so tense. We shared glances that made me blush, stole kisses between patients, and by the time I went to pick up Vada, I realized that I had never been happier.

It terrified me.

Friday was muchthe same as we started finding our groove, and not just in the patient room across from his office that Micah had now blocked off for only absolute emergencies insisting on using just the other two rooms.

Turned out we worked really well together.

Everything was falling into sync for this picture perfect life. I could see it so clearly, but I wasn’t perfect. I still had secrets and I wasn’t sure how he was going to react if he ever found out.

There were people here who knew about me though, and they had accepted me. Maybe, just maybe he could too.

I wasn’t sure I could risk my heart to find out though.

At three o’clockI went to pick up Vada when Micah called.

“Missed me already? I’ve been gone all of five minutes. I’m not even to the school yet.”

He chuckled. I loved that sound. It filled me with warmth.

“My last appointment just called and cancelled. I’m going to close up an hour early, so if you want, you and Vada can head on home. I’ll bring pizza home for dinner so you don’t need to worry about it.”

“What? You’re not sick of me yet?”

“That’s never going to happen, Luce. But, you forgot, didn’t you?”

“Forgot what?”

“Susan’s picking you up at seven. You have ladies’ night tonight and Vada and I have a date with pizza and a movie.”

I pouted. Pizza and a movie sounded perfect.

As I pulled up to the school, I told him, “I’ll just call her and cancel.”

I didn’t want to spend my Friday night with a bunch of women I didn’t know.

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