Saving Forever - Part 5 (Saving Forever #5) Read Free Page B

tell them when we fool around in the on-call room. I never say anything about your office, the staff room, the empty hospital bed, the car on our way to work…” She bit her lower lip. The images in her head began creating a sweet torment deep inside. “We’re just married. It’s perfectly natural to be all over each other.”
    Elijah smirked. “You seem to be all over me a lot more. I’m trying to be polite.”
    She balled up a napkin and threw it at him. “Whatever. Our sex is a two-way street.”
    “I seem to be coming and then you go.” He pressed his lips tight, his face giving away nothing. “Like off to rounds or surgery or something.”
    She laughed despite the terrible joke. “That’s bad.”
    “Yup. I’m bad. You know it.” He jumped up and proceeded to do a few Michael Jackson dance moves.
    Charity covered her eyes with her fingers. “Stop! Please!”
    Elijah pulled her hands away from her face and knelt down so his face was level with hers. He brought his head close so their lips were barely an inch apart. As he spoke, his warm breath caressed her skin. “Let’s go home tonight together. I’ll finish my shift when you finish your rounds. I want to be with you in our bed this evening. Not apart.” He looked around his office. “Or here.”
    “I’d like that.” She shifted so her legs rested on either side of him. When he leaned forward to kiss her, his warmth pressed against her inner thighs and sent shivering sensations through her. She moaned and opened her mouth so her tongue could slip inside his. “We have about fifteen minutes before I gotta go,” she murmured.
    The palm of his hand curled to cup around her breast. They had grown heavy since she had become pregnant and seemed to really enjoy it when Elijah teased them. The nipple ached and hardened as he let his fingers rub against it. Her lab jacket had opened, but he still had her shirt and bra material to put up with. Her breast didn’t seem to notice the material. The nipple strained to get closer to his touch.
    Elijah’s mouth found its way to her neck and hungrily nuzzled her skin. The heat from his breath and his touch was a bittersweet torment. He brought his lips to her ear. “How ‘bout we finish this tonight? Then no one can inter—”
    His desk phone began ringing as if on perfect cue. Elijah groaned and dropped his head on her shoulder in defeat. “Sometimes I wonder why I even open my mouth.” He sighed and stood up to answer it. “Hello?” He pointed to the phone and mouthed, ER. “Okay. I’ll be down in five minutes. Get the leg X-Ray finished and have her prepped for surgery.” He set the phone down on the receiver and grabbed a pack of gum from a desk drawer. “Want one?” he asked Charity.
    “No thanks.” Since she was pregnant, whenever she tried to chew gum it made her feel like throwing up. “I have peppermints and I’ve got to wake Mandy up before we start rounds again with Dr. Fulton. I’ll brush my teeth when I’m down there.” She stood. “Duty calls?”
    Elijah smiled. “Always.” He grabbed his iPod off the desk and stuffed it in his chest pocket. “Want to walk with me?”
    “Of course.” She followed him out of the office and waited for him to lock the door. As they headed back down the hall toward the elevator, she said, “So Dr. Fulton let me lead the surgery today.”
    “Appendix? Gastro?” he guessed.
    “Heart. He let me lead from start to finish.”
    A single eyebrow rose. “Impressive. How’d it go?”
    She never bragged or made any comments around the other interns, but around Elijah she could speak matter of factly and he never took it as showing off.
“Amazing! It was challenging, don’t get me wrong, but I totally got it. Everything just seemed to click into place.”
    He put his arm around her shoulders and squeezed them. “You’re going to be an excellent surgeon.” He pressed the elevator button. “Looking forward to when you are on my