‘As if I want to eat you up?’ she suggested wickedly, and he groaned.
‘You can’t say things like that. Not here,’ he insisted with a wary glance towards Caitlin’s door.
‘Why not, if they’re true?’ she asked simply, and because she just couldn’t wait to touch him again, when only moments ago she’d believed that she would have to leave the hospital and put him out of her life for good, she quickly made her way round to his side of the desk.
She was delighted when he immediately pulled her onto his lap to cradle her head against his shoulder, and touched when she realised that his whole body was trembling just as much as hers.
‘Ah, Dani, I really hope you’ve thought this through, that you’re sure…’
‘Josh, this is something very special. It’s not going to go away—ever—and neither am I.’
‘You sound very certain,’ he challenged, tilting her head back so that she was looking up into his face and could see that he was serious.
‘I couldn’t be more certain. Face it, Josh, we’re meant to be together.’ She traced his clever mouth with a fingertip, shivering as she remembered some of the things that mouth had done to her last night. ‘We’ve always been meant for each other,’ she said, aware that the tone of her voice had changed with her growing arousal. ‘We’ve wasted years when we could have been together, making each other happy, and we’re not going to waste any more. Where’s the point when you love me and I love you and—?’
‘They weren’t wasted, Dani, not if they gave you time to qualify for a profession you love. But you do realise that we can’t rush into anything, don’t you? We’ll have to wait until the honeymooners return,’ he pointed out, clearly distracted by her exploring fingers. ‘They’d never forgive us if we made any arrangements without them.’
‘So give them a ring and tell them to hurry back,’ Dani demanded, silently cursing the fact that this conversation was taking place in his office when all she could think about was taking his clothes off again and taking her explorations further. ‘After all, if they don’t get here soon, I’ll be too pregnant to fit into a wedding dress.’
‘You’re that certain that I made you pregnant last night?’ The scientist in him seemed quite fascinated by the idea.
‘Last night, tonight, tomorrow night…’ She shrugged nonchalantly. ‘We’re almost bound to get it right one night if we keep practising.’
‘And you wouldn’t mind that?’ He captured her hand, silently demanding her whole attention for the question. ‘After all your training? And when you’re so close to achieving your goal?’
‘Josh, medicine is my career, my profession, my calling, if you want to label it that. I have confidence that I’m good at it and, anyway, even if I am pregnant, there’s time for me to take this next lot of exams. And I can always return to it sooner or later if I do take time off to have babies. But there is only one thing I really need to make me feel complete, and that’s you.’
‘Oh, Dani, what did I ever do to deserve you?’ he whispered against her lips before he kissed her. And this was a kiss that was different from any that had gone before. It held an acceptance that this really was where they were meant to be.
ISBN: 978-1-4268-3031-0
A WIFE FOR THE BABY DOCTOR
First North American Publication 2009
Copyright © 2008 by Josie Metcalfe
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