Em giggled with delight as I swung their door closed, but when I turned around, Doc was standing there.
With a smirk on his face.
“Ready to go see your room?” he asked as he held his hand out.
On the one hand, I wanted to tell him that I hadn’t picked a room yet and that we needed to go searching. But the idea that I already had one established and waiting for me was a nice thought. My cheeks hurt with my smile as I slid my hand into his, and I heard the girls aimlessly chattering away with their men as we slipped our way all the way into the back of what I realized was a massive log cabin.
“CHURCH IN AN HOUR!” Cap bellowed through the house.
My shoulders deflated. I wasn’t ready to give up Doc to the gods just yet. He must’ve seen the way my posture melted, because he rubbed my back as he swung the bedroom door open that he stopped us at.
Only for me to realize that we had the only entrance to the back yard.
Where the hot tub was.
“Oh yeah,” I said as I slipped into the room and walked right over to the door.
“Figured you’d want to be in close proximity,” Doc said as he stepped to the side and let me in.
“Awww, yay!” I heard Anna say as I whipped around.
She stood in the doorway next to Doc, her arms crossed over her chest. “I wondered who would choose to be my neighbor.”
I thumbed over my shoulder. “You got an entrance out to the back, too?”
She nodded and pointed at me. “You and Doc better not hog that hot tub. I want a dip, too, you know.”
Brutus lumbered behind her. “Why do you have so much shit?”
She tilted her head back and smiled up at him. “Because you have big saddle bags on your bike and I enjoyed stuffing them with my shit.”
Brutus grumbled as he walked away, but Anna just tossed us a wink. “If you guys make too much noise at night, I’m going to start pulling pranks.”
She swung the door closed and whistled to herself as she bounded in the direction Brutus had walked off in.
I crooked an eyebrow as I looked over at Doc. “You think the two of them…?”
Doc’s lips pursed as he nodded. “Oh yeah. It’ll happen. Maybe not more than once, but it’ll eventually happen.”
I barked with laughter. “My God, good luck, Brutus.”
I found myself staring back out through the door at the hot tub before Doc’s reflection appeared in the window behind me. His arms weaved around my waist. His chin rested against the top of my head.
It was heaven being in his arms.
I declared it to be the truth.
“Penny for your thoughts,” he said as he kissed the top of my head.
I shrugged softly. “Just worried about what this church meeting of yours will bring.”
He nuzzled against my hair. “Most likely, Cap just wants to move the timeline up for our plan.”
“What’s the plan?”
He didn’t answer me, though.
“Ah,” I said softly. “Need to know.”
