Doctor's Secret - K.C. Crowne Page 0,18

And when he finished, he stayed inside me, kissing me deeply.

When Duncan pulled out and dropped to my side, I curled up against him without thinking about it, feeling his solid warmth against my body.

And soon I was asleep, feeling happier than I had in a long, long time.

Duncan

The alarm blared. Without opening my eyes, I attempted to reach over to turn it off. But I couldn’t move my arm. I was shocked, not sure what the hell was going on. Then, when I opened my eyes and turned, I realized why.

The most beautiful woman I’d ever seen was on top of it. She opened her eyes sleepily, a smile spreading across her face when she saw me there.

“Good morning,” Annie mumbled.

“Morning.”

I leaned in and kissed her, our lips lingering. My cock twitched to life below the sheets. It took me about two seconds of her touch to go from half-awake to ready for more. But I didn’t have time.

“Fuck,” I said, taking my lips from hers.

She appeared surprised at first but understanding flashed on her features. “The conference call.”

“The conference call,” I repeated. I reached over her naked body and took the phone from where I’d set it on the nightstand.

“What time is it?” she asked. “You’re not running late, are you?”

“It’s a little after five. So, I’m good,” I told her, smiling at her as I added, “You, on the other hand, should go back to sleep.”

“Nah, I’m fine.” I could tell by the sleepiness in her eyes and her voice that she was still bushed. “Let me get you some coffee.”

I chuckled. “Trust me, it’s alright. I’m used to getting up this early. Get some sleep, and I’ll see my way out.”

“Alright,” she agreed without much hesitation, which was cute.

“I’ll be in touch later today,” I promised. “We can plan when we’re seeing each other next. Sound good?”

“Mmm…perfect.”

It was pretty damn adorable the way she was trying to stay awake. I kissed her one more time before getting up. I put on my clothes as quietly as I could.

“Hey,” she said, rolling over.

“Yeah?”

“I had a lot of fun last night.”

“Same,” I said. “Most I’ve had in a while.”

She smiled slowly at me before closing her eyes. By the time I stepped into my shoes and made my way to the front door, soft snores filled the air. It made a certain amount of sense that she was a snorer – she needed something to offset the beauty; otherwise it might not be fair.

I locked the door behind me and went out to my car. The air was crisp with a serious chill. Clouds blanketed the sky, and it felt a like snow was in the air. About time, too. With Christmas around the corner, we’d need some white other than what was on the tops of the mountains in the distance.

I climbed into my Land Rover and started the engine, driving through downtown and to the road that led to my house. My neighborhood was called The Chalet, and the name was fitting. The many houses, all of them huge and belonging mostly to the wealthy types that vacationed in the area, dotted the side of the hill before the mountain.

I was about a twenty-minute drive away and before long pulled into the middle door of my three-car-garage. My house might’ve been what some considered a little much. It was three stories, done in a chateau style of brick and wood, and situated on a massive chunk of land complete with Olympic-sized pool, guest house, and tennis court – not that any of those got much use in the winter.

Maybe a little big for one person, sure, but I liked it, thinking of it more as a symbol of how far I’d come since I’d started out as an eager pre-med at UCLA.

I stepped into the huge entry room of the house, tossing my keys onto the kitchen bar. The room was lodge-style, with a massive fireplace, hand-made furniture, and a single large, arched window that looked out onto the mountains. The room called out to me to relax, to kick off my shoes and plop onto the couch, to enjoy some coffee as I watched the sun rise.

No time for that, however – the conference call awaited. I made some coffee and went up to my third-floor office, sat down behind the desk, and send out the texts to get it started.

The call lasted a couple of hours and was between me and a few other