at least the cleaners have been through this week.”
“You guys don’t waste time, do you?”
I shook my head. “We’ve been talking about this for so long that now that it’s actually happening, we’re both raring to go.”
“Have you managed to work out a deal with the hospital yet?” She stroked my palm with her thumb, and my nerves lit up under her touch. It was like I could feel that finger on my dick, but like she’d said, we needed to eat first.
It had been way too long since we’d gotten to do anything except for casual touching. Weeks in fact. The last time we’d done anything more together was that night at her apartment, and while that had been great, it’d been nearly two weeks ago.
Touching her while not being able to touch her was starting to drive me a little insane. To distract myself from the thoughts of turning around and driving her straight to my house, I refocused my attention on the question she’d asked.
“I have a meeting with the board next week. The members I’ve spoken to in passing seem quite interested. Our department takes up a lot of space out of necessity for the nature of our work, but if they put beds in there, their capacity would increase significantly.”
“I heard they were trying to acquire more space, but they’re not having any luck nearby.”
I nodded. “They’ve been trying for two years. With all the budget cuts to other facilities and the increased demand for some of the specialized services only we provide, they need to do something. That’s why I’m positive they’ll accept my proposal.”
“If anyone can convince them to take it, it’s you.” She adjusted her grip on my hand to hold it tighter and leaned over to rest her head on my shoulder. “I’m glad it’s just going to be the two of us tonight. I really need to talk and think about other things than the clusterfuck my life has become.”
“I’m really happy to be getting some time with you too.” I turned my head to plant a quick kiss on her hair before turning my eyes back to the road. “We should do this more often. If you want to, we could even make it a weekly date night.”
“That sounds amazing, but I’d have to check with my sister. It’s not really fair of me to leave Adi with her one night every week.”
“Let me know what she says. Adi doesn’t need to stay with her every time, though. We could get someone else to watch her.”
She let out a slow breath before lifting her head. “We could but I’m not a big fan of leaving her with strangers. There’s a girl in our building who might be able to help out, though. She’s watched her for me a few times when I’ve been in a pinch at work.”
“Well, let’s just think about it, okay? No pressure.” I turned into the underground parking garage a couple blocks over from the restaurant. “If you ever feel like I’m pressuring you, just tell me and I’ll tone it down.”
She laughed. “You’re good so far. In fact, I feel the complete opposite about you. I’ve been so overwhelmed with everything that’s happened that I feel like I keep running to you for help every second day.”
I squeezed into a parking space and shut the engine down, then swept her up for a kiss that left both of us breathing heavily by the time we broke it off. “Run to me anytime.”
“I’m so glad you were the doctor who helped us that day.” She smiled and ran her fingertips over my scalp, still leaning close to me. “I don’t know what I would’ve done if it hadn’t been you.”
“It could’ve been Doctor Keys. He’s seventy years old, but he’s sprightly for his age. You might’ve been out to dinner with him right now.”
“Unlikely.” She let out a frustrated breath and reached behind her to open her door. “Let’s go. Your earlier threat about going to your place if we don’t move is starting to sound better and better.”
I laughed but climbed out of the car before she did. I desperately needed the fresh air if I wanted to avoid fucking her right there in the car. It seemed like it would be an anti-climax, though. We had the whole night together for once. A quick and dirty fuck in the parking lot wouldn’t do the anticipation justice.
April and I walked hand in hand to