She smiled before turning in his arms, kissing him long and hard. She pulled back, too early in his opinion, and smiled before breaking out of his arms.

“I gotta go. I’ll meet you back home at five?”

“Sure, babe. Want me to leave first?”

“Yeah,” she said with a shy grin, “Bye.”

“Bye,” he said with a wink as he walked out the office, shutting the door behind him. He walked down the hall, passing by the desk where Alice was sitting, smirking at him.

“Bye, Mr. Adler.”

“Bye, Alice,” he said as he passed a lady that was holding a small toddler in his arms. He smiled at her before leaving, and he swore he heard the two women giggling.

Not that he cared much.

“Well, give Jakob my best, and let me know when y’all will be home so I can plan to come get you from the airport,” Elli said as she pulled into the parking lot beside Shea’s truck. Just seeing his truck gave her chills, thinking about what they had done against the door of her office. Alice had grinned at her all afternoon. It was totally embarrassing, but she didn’t care.

She felt great.

“I will. Thanks, babe,” Harper said. She sounded much better than she did the day before. Jakob was doing better and would hopefully be leaving in the next two days.

“No problem, bye Harp.”

“Bye.” Elli hung up her phone just as she reached the door, digging for her keys. She unlocked the door and went in as Adler jumped around, greeting her.

“Hey honey,” she gushed as she bent down to kiss him, “Have you been out?”

Shea came around the corner, shirtless.

“Yup, took him out before I got in the shower,” he said, before leaning over to kiss her lips softly, “Hey, baby.”

“Hey,” she grinned. Gosh, she didn’t realize how much she had missed him until that moment. Coming home and being greeted by both of her men was heaven.

“Sorry the house was a mess, I was hoping to get home before you so I could pick up some.”

“No worries, it’s cleaner than I ever have it,” he said with a grin as she laid her purse and things on the couch. She walked straight to him, wrapping her arms around him.

“Do you think people would think I was crazy if I just stayed like this all weekend?” she asked. Shea smiled down at her, before kissing her nose.

“Probably, plus it’s going to be really hard to skate when you’re attached to my waist.”

Elli started to giggle before placing a kiss in the middle of his chest. She looked up at him, before noticing the bite mark she had left earlier.

“Goodness, I got you good.”

He looked over at his shoulder, then back down at her with a smirk on his face.

“Oh yeah, you did. I like it.”

She giggled, smacking his chest before pulling away and kicking off her shoes.

“I need to get in the shower.”

She started for the bedroom but stopped in the kitchen when she saw the largest bouquet of pink calla lilies she had ever seen.

“Aw, Shea!” she gushed, leaning over to smell the flowers. She picked the card out, and smiled at his messy handwriting.

You’re amazing Elli, simply amazing.

Love, Shea

Shea came into the kitchen, grinning at her.

“You smooth talker, you,” she gushed, leaning over and kissing him. When they parted she was still smiling as she reread the card.

“I love them, thank you.”

“You’re welcome, baby,” he said, going around the island to the fridge. “I told my mom we would come over early since I got home early.”

“Oh yeah. Sorry, I got distracted. I’ll be quick,” she said, putting the card back into the bouquet and heading for the bedroom as Shea chuckled. She started to take off her clothes as she made her way to the bathroom. When she reached the bathroom, she started the shower as she took her hair down. When she stepped in, she let out a satisfied sigh as the nine jets hit her from every angle.

God, she loved this shower.

She heard the door open as she was washing her hair, and then the sink running and clanking as Shea got out his bag from the drawer.

“Whatcha doin’?” she asked as she lathered her hair up.

“Shaving, my mom doesn’t like my beard.”

“Oh.”

Elli went under the main jet, washing the shampoo out of her hair. As she came back out to apply the conditioner, Shea started talking to her.

“So it was nice greeting you when you came in.”

Elli’s hands stopped and she looked out the glass at him. He was lathering up his face, not looking at her.

“It was.”

“It could be like that all the time, you know.”

Scheming man.

“It could.”

She then watched as he leaned against the sink, looking up at the ceiling. He had shaving cream all over his face, his razor in one hand as his other one moved, kind of like he was saying ‘Come on’ with his hand. She shook her head, going under the water to wash the conditioner out.

When she came out from under the water, he continued.

“So do you want to move in? Or maybe we could look for another place, a bigger one.”

She closed her eyes. Why couldn’t she just say what was on her mind, instead of freaking out? She shut the water off, grabbing a towel as she opened the door. She wrapped herself up in it as she stepped out. He was facing the mirror again, not watching her as she dried off, which was good because she was still a little naked shy around him.