Page 47 of Raymond's Forever

“Coffee, and I’ll explain.” They turned toward the kitchen, and she poured them both a cup. “To answer your earlier question, it is Saturday, and I don’t work the weekends. At leastnot now. Maybe, if I get more patients, I’ll have to have Saturday hours, but not now. What about you?”

“We take turns and this is my weekend off. We’re hoping when more people come to work, we’ll have more time off, or if some buyers take some of the horses off our hands, lighten the load.” He shook his head and sighed as he sipped his coffee. “Until some of the mares have their foals.”

“Yeah, there is that.” Amelia laughed.

“Yeah, so why were you studying my office so intently?”

“I was thinking, and picturing things.”

“Like?”

“Like, now that we’ve taken our relationship to the next level, I’m going to turn into a typical female.”

“Meaning?”

“Meaning, I want more. I don’t want to return to my cabin every night to sleep alone. The more I want for now is for us to live together. I was studying your office. I love the desk you have in there, and I was looking to see if another desk could fit in the same room.”

“Use my desk.”

“No, I can’t do that, because you’re going to need it when you prepare for my case.”

“True, and there’s no telling if you’re going to work late, or early.”

“Correct.”

“Okay, but I need this said clearly. Do you want to move in together?”

“Yes.”

He grinned when she didn’t hesitate in her response to his question. He rose and went to her, gathered her into a hug, kissed her forehead, and gave one nod. “Yes. When do you want to make the move?”

“Would it be forward to say today, after breakfast?”

“No, the only question I have is would it be too much for you to drive from here to there in the winter?” At her look, he grinned, stepped back and held up his hands in defense. “Sorry, that was a stupid question.”

“Yeah, it was, but I’ll be fine. I clocked it, and it’s only seven minutes shorter than my drive from my previous apartment to the clinic up in Colorado Springs.”

They made breakfast together, acting like teenagers as they exchanged kisses or a caress every time they came within touching distance. They also shared several laughs and chuckled. After cleaning up from breakfast, they gathered their things and headed over to her cabin.

“What the hell, Amelia?” Raymond asked as he walked in and saw all the packed boxes. “Haven’t you unpacked yet?”

“Yes, but when I’d come back from your place I was too keyed up, so I decided to pack up my things, because I was working up the nerve to ask you if we could say the hell with the blood test results and start the relationship sooner.”

“Really, you never indicated that to me.”

“Sorry, but I was getting impatient. I’d been using my battery friend almost every night, and it’s just not the same as what we shared last night.”

He grinned, and hugged her. “What isn’t packed?”

“My bed, bathroom, and the food.”

“Okay, why don’t you do the bedroom and bath, and I’ll start taking these boxes out to my truck.”

“Okay,” she said with a laugh as she slapped him on the ass and ran away from him. He ended up following her down the hall, grabbed her around her waist, and tossed her in the middle of her bed. It was almost an hour before they giggled as they dressed themselves and got to work finishing up packing her cabin to move her over to Raymond’s at New Double.

After moving Amelia in, they unpacked her stuff, and settled into their living arrangements. They shared household duties, and both went to their own respective jobs, loving what they were making together.

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