Chapter 28
Once they were in his office, he spoke again. “Take off your sweater for me.” The whole thing came out with a chuckle, but he cleared his throat and carried on talking. “So I can check your blood pressure.”
She did what she was asked, but Benjamin walked out of his office. Before she could freak out thinking that he had left her alone, he walked back in with two plates of food.
“Here,” he said as he handed her a plate. She looked up at him but his smile stopped her from talking. “I need to feed you in case you try to eat me.”
Shit, I said that? To a guy? Uh no, a man! Who would take that as a clean comment?‘ Her inner tirade went off.
Benjamin chuckled again.
‘Fuck it,‘ she thought, ‘this is not the first time you’ve been embarrassed around him, it’s just becoming a fact in your life!‘
“Stop overthinking and eat, Bean and Curd are hungry. I can tell.”
“They are,” she agreed as she started eating. “This is soooo good,” I sang as she stuffed another spoonful into her mouth. “You do know that I will expect this every time I have a late appointment, she joked, drinking some of the milk Benjamin brought her.
“Noted and there now will be a meal with every late–day appointment.” Her spoon stopped midway from her mouth, but Benjamin just smirked at her. “Eat,” he said, raising an eyebrow.
She swallowed and then started to eat again. When she was done, she wiped her mouth with a napkin, and Benjamin started to get to work.
“Your blood pressure is fine. Let’s go into the exam room, so you can lie on the table and we can hear the babies‘ heart rate.”
Moving into the room, Pandora lay down, pulling her top up a little, and Benjamin placed his hands on him feeling her babies.
“Is it strange that I haven’t felt them move yet?” she asked. This was something that she had been worried about.
“No, you’re just past four months, but they should be making their presence known in the next few weeks.” She nodded but didn’t feel any better. “They are fine, doing great in fact. Stop worrying so much,” Benjamin told her softly.
“Heartbeat time,” he grinned, knowing this was her favorite part. Closing her eyes, she listened to the sounds of galloping ponies under water. “I hope you are not sneaking in drinks when you go out,” he said calmly and her eyes opened and she looked at Benjamin.
He chuckles a little. “I saw you with your husband and friends the other night, when I came back to the bar.”
‘Husband? What is he talking about?‘
“I didn’t know you were such a good singer, though. Your friends were good, but you?” he stopped and gave her an encouraging look.
“You saw me?” she gasped and he nodded at her.
“I did, but I came back and saw you sing
throat. “Everything looks good, Pandora.
He held out his arm to help her sit up
I’m
and
then
to
“I can book you for the same time next
week?”
But you left,
she argued.
glad that I did.” Pandora covered her face knowing it had to be bright red by then. He quickly cleared his
stand. She walked over to her sweater, putting it back on.
“That would be great, she replied.
“If you give me a few moments to close up, then I can see you out.” Nodding at him, she watched as he moved to his computer and closed it down.
“Did you enjoy Christmas and the New Year?” she asked, making small talk.
“It was all right. I had a few births which gave me a reason to get out of a big family dinner.” Pandora frowned at him. “I have a large family and then there are the in–laws that come with it. What about you? Who did you spend the holidays with?”
It was just family: my dad, step–mom…” she trailed off.
Benjamin smiled at her, but it looked a little forced. “Okay, I’m done, now I just need to hit the lights and turn on our alarm.”
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Pandora followed Benjamin out as he switched off the lights as they went. He left her at the door, turned on the alarm, and then quickly walked out after locking the door.
“Drive safely,” he said as he held her car door open for her.
“Always do,” she told him, making his smile widen. She let out a sigh, but had to hold back a pout over the fact she still couldn’t see his
eyes.
“What?” Edward asks with a grin.
“Nothing,” she chuckled, feeling a flush coming over her.
“Goodnight,” she said.
“Goodnight, Pandora, Bean and Curd,” Benjamin called before closing her door. He stood there, waving as she drove off. As she drove, she checked her mirror, seeing that she had a motorcycle behind her.
She stopped at a red light and frowned, turning her head as she could no longer see him behind her. As her eyes slowly moved back around, she saw that he was next to me. Her eyes scanned his bike, and she saw it looked a lot like the one she saw outside Benjamin’s medical office a few weeks ago.
Her eyes traveled up the rider’s leg which looked real strong. His ass looked yummy, in a hot guy kind–of–way. She continued looking up his body until she got to his helmet, and she gulped seeing that he seemed to be looking back at her.
He pointed forward and she frowned, and his helmet shook from side to side and pointed two fingers to his visor, and then forward. She hummed but turned to see the light had turned green.
“Way to go, Pandora! Checking a guy out at a red light,” she muttered, fully aware that she would look crazy talking to herself.
She drove off and had to slow right down just before her turn. Again, she looked back, making sure she knew where he wass, but yet again, she was surprised this time he had come to a stop and had his flasher on, too. She turned and drove the few blocks to her home, and as she pulled into her driveway, the motorcycle and rider zoomed past her house.
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