The next few days continued on better than the first few months I had spent back stateside. Before, work and life seemed such a drudgery and very bland after the adventures and excitement I had experienced with the red cross.

Now each day I had something to look forward to. Any chance or excuse I could think of, I would use to text Lilly. The more I got to know her the less I could believe I let her slip through my fingers the first time around.

“Hey, I was thinking this weekend I take you back to the place where it all started?” I texted the following Thursday afternoon.

“I told you, the club isn't there any more. They tore it down and built an animal shelter instead.”

“I’m not picky,” I replied with a wicked smile on my face.

“There are parts of you that I would call animalistic, so maybe it would suit you better.”

I chuckled to myself. Lilly had no idea how much I wanted to be animalistic with her right that second.

“What would suit me is anywhere I can get you alone. Say you will meet me Saturday night?”

I waited impatiently for Lilly’s response. At this point I wasn’t even sure I could make it to Saturday without seeing her again. At the same time I knew with Aria, she would need time to get a sitter.

I would have rather liked go to her house and meet the girl that could possibly be my child. She kept much of what she said about Aria limited. I had a feeling she was still shielding her from me.

It made sense even if she wasn’t trying to hid the fact that Aria was mine. For a single mom, her number one priority would be to shield her daughter from men coming in and out of their life.

“I can’t on Saturday,” she finally responded back as the day was winding down.

I had just finished my last patient for the day. I was overly disappointed at the answer.

“Aria has a dance recital that night,” she added.

I breathed a sigh of relief. At least it wasn’t because she didn’t want to see me again.

“Then Friday night. The sooner I get my hands around that little ass of yours again the better,” I responded.

She texted back right away this time.

“Okay.”

I should have been satisfied with knowing that I would see her in twenty-four hours time but I wasn’t.

“What are you doing right now?”

I looked at my own watch. It was still pretty early in the afternoon. Days like this when the last patient was before the end of the work day I usually just spent the extra time catching up on paperwork. It wouldn’t be hard to slip out now though if I could.

“I am at work, of course,” she replied. “Been working on this Bakery ad all morning. Think I am going cross-eyed from it.”

“Sounds like you could use a break? I know a scientifically proven way to improve productivity.”

“Is it also a way to release pre-exam stress?”

“What? No!” I lied “I only meant I could bring you some coffee to help get your energy up.”

“I don’t needed coffee delivered, its already available here in my office. Plus aren’t you busy being Dr. Dreamy?”

“Done with my patients for the day. All these appointments have made me hunger for a very particular type of doctors visit.”

“I am feeling a little under the weather. Maybe you should stop by, just to check and make sure I’m not coming down with anything.”

I smiled in satisfaction at her words.

“Well, I did take an oath to help any one in need. I guess that means it’s my duty to make sure you’re alright.”

“Good, then you got twenty minutes to get here. I have a four o’clock meeting I can't miss.”

I didn’t respond. It was the green light I was looking for. I slipped out my lab coat and blew past the door just as Helen was about to come in.

“You seem to be going somewhere in a hurry,” she said surprised by my rush.

“Uh, yeah. Emergency. I’m going to take off early for the rest of the day.”

“Is everything alright? I would love to help,” she added pouting her lips at me.

“No, thanks but I’ll be fine.”

There was no way in hell that Helen was going to be able to help with this problem. I was throbbing at the thought of Lilly and only had a mind to slip between her pair of fine milky thighs.