Bidding Wars (Love Strikes) - By Lacey Wolfe Page 0,43

he did. His erection pressing into her was surely telling her that.

“Oh God.” She moaned.

Her little noises were driving his libido mad. Hearing that he was pleasing her was all the direction he needed to take his explorations further. He began to kiss a line down her neck, to her shoulders, and finally to where his hand had been. He pressed his mouth over her the thin material of her top. He teased her with the tip of his tongue and then closed around her and sucked in.

“Luke.” She lifted her hips.

He smirked; he couldn’t help it. Knowing he was causing her to lose control pleased him. He started a path lower down. Pushing her shirt up, he found her soft stomach and explored it, leaving light nibbles on her side. Just as his tongue found the top of her panties, and so ready for a taste of her honey, his cell phone blasted from his pocket. He wanted to ignore it, but knew in his line of work, he couldn’t.

Sitting up, he marveled at how gorgeous she looked when she was aroused. Her lids were heavy as she stared back at him. He pulled his phone from his pocket and recognized it was the school calling.

“Luke speaking.”

On the other end was the school nurse, calling to let him know Sammy had come to the office complaining of a sore throat and was running a fever. They’d attempted to call his mother, but had gotten no answer. He said he’d be right there.

“What’s wrong?” Molly closed her robe.

He shook his head. “I don’t know. He was fine when I dropped him off. The school says he’s got a sore throat and a fever.”

“Strep’s going around.”

“But he was fine this morning.”

“It probably just hit him.” She looked at the clock. “I need to get ready for work, anyway. I have a half day. Bring him by after and we’ll have a look at him.”

He stood and pulled her up and into his arms. “I liked where things were going between us.”

She grinned at him. “It was getting rather interesting. We can pick it up at a later time.”

“Sounds like a plan. I’ll go get Sammy and then we’ll be by the office.”

“Ok, I’ll let Kim know when I get there.”

He kissed her on the cheek and then headed out to get his son.

* * *

“Hey, Kim, Luke is coming in with his son. Possible strep throat. Let me know when they get here, please.” Molly handed her Sammy’s chart. “Took care of this for you as well.”

“Oh, thank you so much. I’ll set this aside to make sure you get the chart—and the hot dad!”

She nodded and then made her way to the back. Two doctors were on roster: Dr. Hancock and Dr. Fisher—who typically only worked nights. The extra help was good because they were busier than usual, which only meant one thing: Sammy wasn’t the only kid who’d suddenly come down with strep. Fall was coming, and the weather was getting cooler. Kids would begin catching each and every cold there was.

“Good morning.” Theresa approached Molly.

“Hey, how are you?” Molly stacked a pile of charts.

“Feeling good. My pedometer is happy to see me walking a bit more.”

“It’s nice to be busy, but I hate seeing all these kids so sick. It seems like it’s either strep or a stomach bug.”

Molly quickly checked to see how many rooms they had open. She made sure the vacant rooms had been freshened up and then headed back toward the reception area. Kim was on the phone, but pointed toward the waiting room. Luke stood in the corner, holding his son.

“Hey.” She opened the door and called to them. “I’ve got a room all ready.” As they got closer, she smiled at Sammy. “Hey, buddy. We’ll get you all better.”

“Hi, Nurse Molly.” Sammy’s voice was hoarse.

She rubbed his cheek before taking them directly to a room. Luke started to place Sammy on the table, but she stopped him.

“You can hold him. Have a seat right there and I can investigate with him in your lap.”

“Thanks.” Luke sat down.

She checked his temperature, seeing that he had a high one. After observing that his throat was red and tonsils swollen, she swabbed this throat and said she was going to run a strep test. She hated to leave them alone, but she had to do her job. Once the results were in that confirmed he did have strep, she went to find Dr. Hancock to