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“Do you have to have your car right now or in the next couple of hours?”

“No, but if you drop me at home, then I’m still going to need to get my car at the hospital.”

I ran my hand down my face. “Let’s start over. Do you have anything that needs to be done sooner than in a couple hours?”

“No. Well, unless another of my pregnant patients go into labor or an emergency with one of them.”

“We can work with that. You can relax here while I’m at Church, then when I get back, we can go pick up your car. I’ll follow you to your house and you can leave your car and pack a bag to stay here tonight, so we can spend Sunday lying in bed and lounging around for the whole day. Bar nothing happens with one of your expecting patients.” I chuckled. “Four of your expecting patients live within walking distance to this house.”

“Oh no, don’t say that. They have months to go. Definitely don’t want them going into labor for quite a while.”

“Okay, bad attempt at a joke. But does everything else work for you?” I asked as I stood and walked around the bed.

“I can wait for you to get my car. But, Emery, I’m not sure about the rest. I mean, all this is happening so fast. Don’t you think?”

“No. I’ve been drawn to you for months and months, and if I hadn’t pushed, I’d still be trying to chase you down. Sex with you is beyond explosive, but that isn’t why I want you to stay again.” One of Mac’s eyebrows went up and I grinned, then continued. “Okay, let me rephrase that. I want sex with you again. Hell, I’ll take it whenever I can get it from you, but it isn’t thewhole reasonI want you to stay. I work during the week, so do you. Even weekends and nights when you have to. I want to get to know you, and since I’ve waited forever to be with you. I don’t want to spend just a couple hours with you on the weekends or an hour or so here and there during the week.”

“Okay.”

“Okay, you’ll stay for the rest of the weekend?”

She grinned. “Yes.”

I reached for her arm and pulled her to her feet, then kissed the top of her head. “That’s great. Now, let’s take a shower.”

“I thought you said you had thirty minutes until Church?” she asked as I walked us toward the bathroom.

“Yep, so quit dragged your feet, or you’re going to make me late.”

“Oh no you don’t, you’re not blaming me for you being late. I’ll shower after you.”

I tugged her behind me and into the bathroom. “I’m going to have you before I leave, but it will save time taking you in the shower. So if you want me to fuck you on the bed, then take a shower, I’m guaranteed to be late. If we’re in the shower already, it will be close, but I should still make it in time. Which do you want?”

“The shower.”

“My woman knows about utilizing time and saving water.”

She chuckled, and I kicked the door shut.

Iwalked into Church, and five pairs of eyes looked at me. The five faces the eyes belong to had a different degree of a smile.

“Well, look who decide to join us. Takes a week off, then saunters in all loose hipped,” Jag said.

“Yeah, you’d think he’d be wearing a smile instead of scowl,” Devil added.

“Who wants to make a bet. I say he not only makes Mac an ol’ lady. I got a hundred says he’ll take it all the way and be married by Christmas,” Flirt said and chuckled when I flipped him off.

“I’ll take that bet. But I say he won’t wait around like some and he’ll have a ball and chain before Christmas,” Jag said.

“Hey, Sami is the one who won’t set up a time. I’ve got a ring on her finger. That counts,” Speed said and glared at Jag.

“Carly’s got my ring on her finger, too. She’s my ol’ lady, and that has just as much if not more meaning than a piece of paper,” Crusher argued.

“Bailey wants to wait until the baby is born,” Devil said.

“Fuck all of you. I’m going to take it slow with Mac. I don’t want to push too hard and have to chase her down again,” I said, and my brothers laughed.

“Yeah, I’m in on the bet. Coast being patient. That would be a first,” Devil said, and he and Flirt bumped fist.

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