“Fine,” he huffed, mock-glaring. “No more kisses for a whole day if you don’t behave.”
“That sounds like punishment for you, not me. You love kissing me too much.”
He sighed dramatically. “You’re right.”
Then he kissed my temple, his eyes soft in the morning light. “I’ll try to come home early, okay? Be ready for me. I have a feeling tonight will be even better.”
He finished dressing, stealing one last kiss before he left. I knew he would check on Lily, say his goodbyes before leaving for work. I stayed on the bed for a few minutes, basking in the post-coital bliss and wondering how?—
A sudden wave of nausea rolled over me.
I barely made it to the bathroom before I was on my knees, retching into the toilet. Once I was done, I sat back on my heels and pressed a hand to my stomach.
My heartbeat increased.
No, it couldn’t happen.
It shouldn’t.
32
HORMONES
DEREK
I had a stupid smile on my lips the entire meeting and had to continuously force myself to focus on work instead of thinking back to her stunning naked body?—
“Oh boy, you’re whipped.”
I snapped out when Sean waved a file in front of my face.
“Earth to Derek? Are you listening to us?”
“I’m listening,” I lied.
“Really?” Sean leaned back in his chair and smirked. “Then what did I just say about the divorce contract?”
I tried to remember and retort as Sean’s smirk widened with each passing second.
Asshole.
“That’s what I thought.” He exchanged glances with the three other attorneys at the conference table, all of whom were trying not to laugh. “The meeting is adjourned because Derek clearly has more important things on his mind than billable hours.”
“I’m fine,” I protested, but everyone was already gathering their things.
Sean lingered after the others left, closing the door behind them. “You’ve got it bad, man.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“You checked your phone six times during that meeting. You keep staring off into space with a dopey look on your face. And—” He gestured at my desk. “You’ve been doodling her name in the margins of your notes. I didn’t know you could be totes adorable?”
“Totes?” I raised my brow.
Sean sighed. “Emma and Chelsea taught me.”
I looked down and cursed. Paige’s name was scrawled across the bottom of my legal pad in my handwriting, surrounded by absent-minded loops and curves.
“But this is not—” I started.
