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I smiled and chuckled, pressing a kiss to the back of her neck. “I’m sure I can think of a few things that are sexier than that.”
“Mm-hmm.” Ellie giggled. “You’re full of it.”
“Baby, you’re going to be the death of me.” I groaned into her neck, running my hands down her sides, enjoying the feel of her soft skin under my fingertips. Ellie shivered and relaxed against me, resting her head against my shoulder. I wrapped my arms around her, holding her close. “Now that I’ve gotten a taste of you, I’m not going to be able to resist any longer.”
“Mmm.” Ellie opened her eyes, kissing my neck. “You’re going to have to when Meghan gets here.”
“Don’t remind me,” I grumbled, shaking my head. I didn’t want to think about the adoption event due to start in half an hour or anything besides the gorgeous woman finally in my arms.
I dipped my head, kissing her again, wondering if we had time for me to go down on her before anyone else showed up. She tasted so damned good; I couldn’t get enough.
I broke our kiss, my question on the tip of my tongue, and then the chime over the front door announcing Meghan's arrival stopped me cold.
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ELLIE
“Is that Ellie’s car parked out front?” Meghan called as she walked into the clinic. “Did she bring the kids to play with the animals again today? I should call Roger so he can bring Tony over. I’d love for them to meet.”
My cheeks filled with heat as I adjusted my pants and shirt, glancing down to make sure my clothes looked normal. Then I smoothed my fingers through my hair, and Finn chuckled. “Don’t worry. You look great, as always.”
I wasn’t sure what Meghan thought when she walked into the exam room, but we must not have looked as though we’d just been up to no good since she beamed a smile at Finn. “You’re right, she does.”
“You do too. I love that top.”
The compliment earned me a smile as well, and then her gaze scanned the room. “No Benjamin and Madison?”
I shook my head. “No, they’re with their dad this weekend.”
“Ah, gotcha.” She wrapped her fingers around my wrist and tugged me away from Finn. “Come help me get everything set up. I can keep you busy enough that you won’t have time to think about anything until you’re sitting on the floor, covered by puppies. Then you won’t be sad because that’s just impossible when you’re surrounded by unconditional love wrapped in tiny, furry bodies.”
Glancing over my shoulder at Finn while she pulled me out of the room, I beamed a smile at him. “You should give her a raise.”
“He absolutely should,” she agreed. “I’m a great employee and I give the best advice.”
Finn chuckled as he followed us. “That you do.”
“Do me a favor and tell Roger that the next time you see him,” she requested with a laugh.
“Hell no.” He shook his head. “I’m not getting in the middle of your marriage squabbles. I’ll leave the relationship meddling to other more qualified people.”
“Hmph.” Meghan snorted. “I guess I can’t argue with that when I’m one of those people.”
I would have wondered what they were talking about, except Meghan did as promised and gave me a list of tasks that kept me busy for the next hour. Then she nudged me into the puppy area with Charlie, Duke, and Bella. I played with them for three hours, laughing at their antics and enjoying all the cuddles. Time flew by, and before I knew it, the adoption event was over.
Getting to my feet, I dusted the fur off my leggings. “I’m sorry. I wasn’t much help today.”
“Wrong.” Meghan plopped a stack of papers on my desk. “Finn was right about you being his lucky charm. We only had one less adoption this week, and we managed to find a home for Stewie.”
“Really?” The Chihuahua had been with his foster family for three months, and he’d stayed at the clinic for a couple of months before that. He was five years old and only had three legs, so Finn had warned me that he would be a tough placement.
“Yup,” Finn confirmed with a huge grin. “One of my mother’s friends came in to adopt him.”
“That is so awesome.”
“Between all the forever homes we found today and yesterday being payday, I think we should go out and celebrate,” Meghan suggested when we were done putting everything away and the most adorable puppies in town were picked up by the woman fostering them.
“I’m all for celebrating so many happy adoptions, but it’s too soon for my first payday.”
