“Hey!” I say loudly so everyone who might be listening can hear. “Did the surgeon call you about that thing…”
She looks up from her computer and I close the door behind me. There’s no lock. Damnit. She starts grinning as she sees my hand fumbling to find one. “I like what I think you’re thinking. But the door doesn’t lock, and now we have even more reason to keep this on the down-low.”
“What?”
“Lucy Hawkins, my uber-religious, cross-wearing, Bible-quoting mother,” Terra says, pushing her chair back and walking around her desk so she’s on the same side as I am. “She said she was going to give you Finn and Logan’s old room and I would be in my room.”
“Yeah. So?” I honestly don’t know where she is going with this, but she’s grinning at me deviously so I think I’m going to like it.
“Finn and Logan’s room is connected to mine through the shared bathroom, remember?” She comes to stand in front of me, and places her hands lightly on my hips. The feel of her touch makes my dick stir. “Which means, I can sneak into your room and you can sneak into mine without ever stepping foot in the hallway.”
Bingo.
“She finds out we’re into each other inthatway and she will stick you in Declan’s old room,” Terra says. Declan’s old room is in the attic and the stairwell up to it is directly beside Lucy and Charlie’s room and if I remember correctly, creaks like hell.
“Then you need to get your hands off me, Tink,” I reply but dip my head down and skim my lips over the curve of her neck, inhaling deeply that perfect Terra smell. “Because I’m all for conjugal visits.”
She steps back, her hands falling to her sides, but she purposely brushes one against the front of my jeans as she turns back to her desk and I groan. She giggles.
“I’m going to go home and pack up for the hospital. Well, maybe take care of what you just created in my pants and then pack.”
Her eyes drop to my groin as I adjust myself and she grins proud of her accomplishment. “I’m just finishing up here and then I’m doing the same.”
“Cool. So I’ll see you later, when Lucy and Charlie drive us to the hospital?”
She nods. She bites her bottom lip and her dark eyes grow serious. “I don’t even know how to thank you, Jake,” she whispers.
Before I can answer, the door opens, smacking me in the back. It’s Declan. “Hey. I… oh. Jake.”
“I’m just heading out.”
Declan nods, but his ice colored eyes are inquisitive. I ignore it and wave good-bye as casually as possible to Terra, who purposely barely registers my exit. Because that’s how we were with each other before we got naked together so it raises no suspicion.
I walk back to my Jeep in the parking lot and make a promise to myself. Whether Aspen does the damn blood test or not, I’m going to let her know. I’m telling Terra about this potential child whether Aspen likes it or not. If I have a shot at a real relationship with Terra, she has to know.
17
Terra
“Oh!I think she’s coming to, Doctor,” I hear as my eyes water and flutter open. There’s a nurse beside me, staring down with a smile. Then suddenly the surgeon, Dr. Leclerc, is there. “Welcome back, Terra.”
“Where’s Jake?” I croak out. “How… is… he?”
The doctor’s smile deepens. “He’s right beside you, as requested.”
The nurse takes a step closer to the foot of my bed and I turn my head and see him lying there, eyes closed, chest rising and falling evenly. “Is he okay?”
“The men, especially the big ones, sometimes take longer to wake up but I promise you he’s fine,” the surgeon smiles down at me. “Would you like to know howyouare doing?”
Oh. Right. I nod.
“As I’ve informed the fan club in the waiting room, everything went perfectly,” she explains. “No hiccups or complications in the procedure. Time will tell how we do with rejection and healing, but I’m optimistic.”
I turn my head again and stare at Jake. I wish he would wake up. I just want to hear his voice. The nurse checks my IV and asks me my pain levels. I don’t feel much of anything right now, just a dry throat and a dull ache in my middle.
“Can I get you anything?”
“Water, please?” I croak. “And him.”
