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"What did you do?" I accused into Porter’s ," heopenmouthed kisses up and down my neck

My bra hadn’t even hit the floor before he took

Gripping his shoulders for balance, I threw s

His hand slipped down and popped the button on my jeans open Then he scooped ers dipped inside

"Yesss," I hissed, teetering on the edge of my desk

It was after hours and ere there to clean my office out, but the moment the door shut and we had the barest hint of privacy, that notion had quickly dissolved

Afterand I had decided that it would be best to take on another doctor at North Point Pul for a heart, and while I definitely needed more time off to take care of hi back to work

At least, not in the sa over the last few years

I had a family now People who needed and depended on ivethat had keptBut it was ti to be nine to five People didn’t look at the clock before they got sick But there was such a thing as balancing my professional life and my home life I’d decided to cut back on my patient load, and if I wanted to cut back on my on-call hours too, we’d needaddition to our tea practice, she needed an office And, because I was extending iven the clench I was currently in with Porter, I was probably going to need to sanitize the desk for her before I left But I couldn’t bringlike two ships in the night, I wasn’t about to delay that moment in search of a bed

"Fuck, you’re ready for ers inside et this straight," I whispered, sliding th "Brady just happened to change his motion from full custody to joint custody one day before we’re slated to go to court?"

"Dear God, are you seriously talking about Brady right now?" he ru his hand

Iat his ear "Ad to do with this," he replied iers and snatchedto Travis about him too? He’s been so roaned "Woman, I have not been inside you in five days For the love of all that’s holy, stop talking about Brady and the kids"

I giggled, but it uided hi across the desk, I arched my back and circled my hips as he planted himself deep And then there were no more words as our bodies took over and relished in the connection we both so desperately needed

Over the last feeeks, we’d had our ups and downs Travis was sick of living at the hospital, but his body was too weak to go ho it out on all of us We’d been doing our best to keep him comfortable, but co a hard ti to the disruption in her fabefore she, too, started acting out I felt so bad for Porter He had two children who desperately needed hiardless of how hard he tried, he couldn’t be everywhere I pitched in as much as I could, but there was no substitute for their dad

And the kids weren’t alone in their struggles to adapt Porter and I had both taken turns falling into the lows of fear and worry But, through it all, we’d leaned on each other

When I broke, Porter was there to pick up the pieces

And, when Porter lost sight of the light, I was there to hold him in the darkness