As Cameron turned around in her arms, Melanie studied every inch of her face. It didn’t matter she’d just seen her the day before when Cameron had left the hospital. She wanted to be able to look into Cameron West’s eyes for the rest of her life.
And with any luck, she would get to do just that.
“What are you still doing here?” Cameron wrapped her arms around Melanie’s neck, twirling her ponytail around her fingers. “I thought you’d be home. I was texting you when you scared the shit out of me.”
“Wouldn’t be the first shit I had to clean up today.”
“Gross,” Cameron scrunched her nose in mock disgust as she laughed. “How was work?”
“It was okay. No moms or babies so it was a lot of restocking and catching up on paperwork and training the new kids. What do you have on your agenda for today?”
“It’s a light day. Mostly follow up and then a board meeting tonight.”
“I love it when you get all dressed up for your board meetings,” Melanie almost growled.
“Yeah?”
“Yeah. You’re sexy to me all the time but there’s just something different about watching you walk into a board meeting.”
Cameron cocked her head at her. “Exactly how many board meetingshaveyou watched me walk into?”
“A few.” Melanie nonchalantly shrugged. “I used to walk with Vera to them on my way out and I’d see you. You’d see me a lot of times too and we’d talk.”
“I remember.”
“But other times, you were already in the room just owning it as if you were in charge.”
Cameron blushed and Melanie gently tucked her hair behind her ears.
“It was so sexy.”
“Not half as sexy as the fact you help bring new life into the world every day.”
“Most days,” she teased. “But are we really going to have ano you’re sexier at workcompetition this late?”
“You mean thisearly,” Cameron corrected. “If you were on a normal schedule, you would know that.”
“Well, then it’s a good thing I just talked to Laura then.”
Cameron’s eyes lit up as her smile widened. “Shut up! Really?”
“Yep. She’s going to move me to days on the next drop.”
“Mel!” Cameron squealed. “That’s amazing!”
Without hesitating, Cameron leaned in and kissed her. It was a quick kiss, as if they always celebrated good news that way.
“I’d been wanting to tease you about needing to move to days but I didn’t want you to feel pressured. Especially since I know you like the night shift.”
“Ilikedthe night shift because it got me away from Rob. I don’t like the night shift now because it keeps me from you.”
Cameron swooned in Melanie’s arms. Literally fucking swooned. They both laughed, pulling each other into a hug as they did so.
“Damn you, Mel, it’s too early for these feelings.”
“What feelings?” Melanie asked, teasing before she relaxed the shift in Cameron’s eyes. Gone was the playfulness from a moment ago and in its place was a desire Melanie had never seen there before. Cameron placed a hand on Melanie’s chest and she wondered if she could feel her heart rapidly beating.
“I think you know what feelings.”
