by Ava May
His eyes widened. Why would she offer to watch five kids she didn’t even know? She must have really wanted away from him. He didn’t like it at all, but Tammy heard her offer and stepped in front of him.
Chapter 7
“You’d really watch my kids so I can go to work?”
I nodded. It was better than being cooped up with Kendrick. I could already feel myself suffocating with need. The need to touch him, feel his taut skin beneath my fingers.
“I’ve got nieces and nephews. I’ve also got one hell of an immune system. You look like you could use a miracle today.”
Tammy burst into tears and nodded. “I do so badly. Since their dad left it’s been hard.”
I stepped into the room and pulled her into a hug. It felt good to be able to do something nice. “You’ll have to ask my boss if I can have the day off though,” I whispered and didn’t miss the glare.
“No, it will be a paid day. You’re still working, just not in the office. Let’s call it a house call.”
I could tell it was hard for him to spit the words out. I held back my triumphant smile and looked at the five sicklings. “Looks like I’m going home with you guys.”
None of them looked thrilled, but they weren’t doing well so I wouldn’t hold it against them.
“Tell Nurse Peyton ‘thank you,’ boys,” Tammy said sternly.
“Thank you, Nurse Peyton,” they all said in unison. Their voices were low and raspy. It was heart-breaking.
“Well, let me get my things, and I’ll follow you then.”
“Thank you so much. I can’t even begin to really show you—”
“We’re good. I’m glad I can help. Let’s get you home so you’re not late for work.”
I carried my purse out of my office and smiled when Kendrick glared. He softened some but the heat was there. “Don’t think being a good person stops me from talking to you. I will be seeing you later—one way or another. Don’t try to hide from me.”
I shivered from his tone and ignored the way my panties dampened by his command. I’d offered for two reasons. One, Tammy sounded desperate, and two, I needed to get away from the sexy man sending the sexiest smoldering look my way.
I gulped and nodded. “I’ll see you tomorrow, Dr. Adams.” Keep it professional. Yep, that was the best way to piss him off.
He leaned in. “You’ll see me sooner than tomorrow.”
“No, you won’t. I am your employee until five. After that, what I do is my business.”
“I’ll just go to your house.” He ran a hand through his hair, frustrated.
“That wouldn’t be appropriate.”
“What we did in my office wasn’t appropriate, but that didn’t stop us, now did it?” he said through clenched teeth.
I blushed and looked away. He was right. “Fine, I’ll come by here after Tammy gets home from work.”
“Too late. I’ll be at your house when I’m done here. We need to clear the air.”
I glared. “Fine, but don’t expect to come inside. We’ll talk outside.” I left out the ‘where it’s safe’ part of my thought.
“Don’t think that will stop me from throwing you to the ground and having my way with you, Peyton.”
I shook my head and went to walk away when he grabbed my arm. “I really just want to talk, okay?”
“Fine. See you later.”
I walked away. He was cocky. I couldn’t stand it. He knew exactly how to piss me off, which also aroused me. It was unreal. All night, I’d thought about what had happened and each time I thought of his hands on me, I felt the urge to do it all over again. I felt out of control. My emotions were out of whack. If I didn’t know better, I felt like a hormonal teenager, which was fucking stupid. He drove me crazy.
Chapter 8
Kendrick waited in his office. He knew Tammy wouldn’t be home for at least a half hour, and he was debating on his reasoning. Did he really want to go there? She didn’t seem happy that he was pushing himself on her, but there was something about her. He had to figure out what it was. He wasn’t used to feeling so out of control. She challenged him on every level. Yet he saw her as an equal.
She was beautiful, sassy, hard, soft, and sweet. Even Leslie had never offered such help. He was amazed, even though he knew part of the reason she offered was to get away from him. It couldn’t have been the whole reason. No one offered to watch five sick kids just to avoid someone. She had a soft heart and had heard the desperation in Tammy’s voice. His respect for Peyton grew exponentially. He wondered how she fared with five boys all day long. He knew first-hand they were a handful.
At six, he sighed. “Fuck it.” He left and drove over to the address he took from Peyton’s application. She had to know he wouldn’t forget and he would be there waiting for her to make sure she didn’t try to avoid him. He needed to talk to her, to get to know her.
It wasn’t very professional and it definitely didn’t keep things separate like he preferred. The lines were blurring, and he wasn’t sure which side his feelings would land on. That was the point of making her talk. She fired him up and made him want things he always scorned. She made him want to be better. Fuck, he even apologized for being an ass. Not his thing.
She didn’t live far from the office and when he parked in front of her house, he shook his head. He was on the verge of being her stalker, and at that moment, he didn’t even care how crazy that looked. All that mattered was seeing her, touching her soft skin and gripping those amazing hips, pulling her curvy body against his.
He didn’t have to wait long to see her car pull into the driveway. He got out and stormed over to her car, before she even had the chance to get out, and yanked her door open. Her gasp and wide eyes did nothing to stop him from leaning in and undoing her seatbelt before pulling her out of the car. Wrapping her ponytail around his hand he tilted her head back and kissed her. It started of soft and slow, but her moan of approval sent him over the edge, and he pried her lips open and devoured her mouth, tangling his tongue with hers. His heart galloped in his chest, and his hand shook with need.
She didn’t fight him and kissed him back with every bit of pent-up tension as he did. When she sucked his lip into her mouth, he pulled back, gasping for breath.
“Why?”
He didn’t know, but it didn’t matter anymore. She was something special, and he knew she felt it the way he did. When she interlaced their fingers tugging him with her, he knew he’d finally met his match. She didn’t say a word, but there was no reason to say anything at all. He knew what was going to happen, and for the first time, it didn’t scare him that he would be spending the full night with a woman—in her territory.
Chapter 9
I took him into my home with no question as to what was going to happen. He’d kissed the life out of me, and even though I had a feeling that this was going to blow up, I couldn’t say no. Already, I felt myself growing warm for him.
I loved how I didn’t have to talk. He didn’t need to hear what I wanted. He just knew. I led him down the hall to my room and spun to face him. “Now let’s talk.”
I smirked when his eyes widened and sat on the edge of my bed.
“We can talk later,” he said, and licked his lips when I pulled my shirt over my head.
“Oh no, you said you wanted to talk. No, you demanded we were going to be talking. So tell me what was so important that it couldn’t wait until tomorrow.”
“You’re not joking, are you?”
“Nope,” I said, making the word pop.
“Dammit, woman. Do you know how much I want right now?”
“Yes.”
“And you’re not going to budge.”
“No.”
Kendrick sighed and ripped his shirt off and slid his pants off. I watched him with hidden lust mixed with amusement.
“We’ll fucking multitask then.”
I shook my head, but it was tempting. “Talk.”
“I want you. That’s what’s driving m
e crazy. I don’t usually want anything more than what we did already, but I find myself drawn to you. I want to know you. I also want to sink deep inside of that tight pussy.”
I stood and undressed before climbing on the bed. “Well, what the hell are you waiting for? We’ll fucking multitask” I couldn’t help but repeat him.
He nodded and then he was on the body, on me, over me, and then in me. I gasped at the intrusion and then sighed. He felt amazing and I had a feeling things were about to get real.
“I want to be with you. Try a relationship.”
“Try?”
“Yes, I can’t promise more than to try. I won’t lie and feed you bullshit. I don’t know how good I’ll be at this. And that’s the honest truth.”
I could handle that. He wasn’t declaring his love for me. Hell, he didn’t even know if he could handle it, but he was willing to try and his honesty was refreshing. “I’ll take it.” Then I kissed him, sealing the deal.
THE END
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