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Back Only With You
Chapters (68)
  1. Copyright Page
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Chapter One
  4. Chapter One
  5. Chapter Two
  6. Chapter Two
  7. Chapter Three
  8. Chapter Three
  9. Chapter Four
  10. Chapter Four
  11. Chapter Five
  12. Chapter Five
  13. Chapter Six
  14. Chapter Six
  15. Chapter Seven
  16. Chapter Seven
  17. Chapter Eight
  18. Chapter Eight
  19. Chapter Nine
  20. Chapter Nine
  21. Chapter Ten
  22. Chapter Ten
  23. Chapter Eleven
  24. Chapter Eleven
  25. Chapter Twelve
  26. Chapter Twelve
  27. Chapter Thirteen
  28. Chapter Thirteen
  29. Chapter Fourteen
  30. Chapter Fourteen
  31. Chapter Fifteen
  32. Chapter Fifteen
  33. Chapter Sixteen
  34. Chapter Sixteen
  35. Chapter Seventeen
  36. Chapter Seventeen
  37. Chapter Eighteen
  38. Chapter Eighteen
  39. Chapter Nineteen
  40. Chapter Nineteen
  41. Chapter Twenty
  42. Chapter Twenty
  43. Chapter Twenty-One
  44. Chapter Twenty-One
  45. Chapter Twenty-Two
  46. Chapter Twenty-Two
  47. Chapter Twenty-Three
  48. Chapter Twenty-Three
  49. Chapter Twenty-Four
  50. Chapter Twenty-Four
  51. Chapter Twenty-Five
  52. Chapter Twenty-Five
  53. Chapter Twenty-Six
  54. Chapter Twenty-Six
  55. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  56. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  57. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  58. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  59. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  60. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  61. Chapter Thirty
  62. Chapter Thirty
  63. Chapter Thirty-One
  64. Chapter Thirty-One
  65. Chapter Thirty-Two
  66. Chapter Thirty-Two
  67. Epilogue
  68. Epilogue

“I think I have a few ideas.”

“Of course you do. You’re a wicked little thing under your pencil skirts and blouses.”

I jutted out my lower lip. “Are you calling me easy?”

“No, babe. I’m just calling you sexy.”

“Are you trying to convince me to do sexy things with you in my office?”

“Maybe. Are you relenting?”

“Never.” I tried to push him away before he got any other outrageous ideas, but the man wouldn’t budge. “What if someone had seen us?” I pointed to the open door. Carter laughed, but his eyes were dark and glittering. I swatted his shoulder. “I mean it.”

“Keep going like this and I’ll lock the door and make you come against it.”

Holy shit. I could tell that he meant every word. Part of me wanted to keep egging him on so he’d make good on his promise, but... damn. I was in my office. And Leta would be back any second now.

Speak of the devil.... Carter finally stepped to one side when we heard footsteps approaching.

I wasn’t aware of how possessive his grip on me looked until I saw Leta’s brows climb into her hairline as she took both of us in. We were leaning against the goodies table, side by side. Carter had slung an arm around my lower back, and his hand was resting on my hipbone.

“Val,” she said coyly. “You didn’t tell me you two were a couple.”

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Carter smile. He didn’t move his hand one inch as he replied, “We are.”

Chapter Twenty-One

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Chapter Twenty-One

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Carter

“Orange juice is coming right up,” I called out to Peyton and April. A cold had hit both of them two days ago. They were feeling better but weren’t one hundred percent healthy yet, so I’d announced at the office that I’d work from home today as well. While I waited for the juicer to fill the cup, I downed my second cup of coffee. I didn’t much feel like a lawyer today; more like the walking dead. I’d been up with Peyton all night. She barely slept whenever she was sick, and I’d taken to sleeping on the small couch in her room on those nights. Sometimes she climbed next to me, nestling her little body against me, asking for stories because they kept the monsters from coming out from under the bed.