“You took a PA? Why in the hell would you need a live-in PA?”

Nate had been Elliot’s best friend for as long as he could remember. And on days like this one, Elliot was sure it had been too long.

He ran a hand down his face and spoke quietly into his phone. Not that Mandy could possibly see him, she was swimming laps in the pool.

He had never in his life found pregnant women sexy. Sure, some beautiful women had babies. But he had never seen an expectant mother on the street and thought ‘man I’d like to hit that.’

Until her.

Mandy had been living in his home for four days. And in that amount of time, Elliot had to rub one out in the office and beat another two off in the shower. He felt like a little kid instead of the grown ass man that he knew himself to be.

“Look, Nate, I don’t want to talk about it. I just want you to spread the word before you, and the boys get here for poker tonight. I don’t want anyone hitting on her or making her feel uncomfortable.”

There was a long pause, some might call it a pregnant pause—but Elliot was rather sensitive to that word lately.

“Who the fuck, are you?”

Elliot wanted to kill Nate, but his questions continued, “Is this a joke? You’re shitting me, right?”

“Nate, have you ever known me to joke around?” Elliot’s sounded dangerous even to his own ears.

More silence.

“No, you have a shitty sense of humor most of the time,” Nate replied like a man confident in his best friend status.

Elliot’s lips curved involuntarily, “Well, there you go.”

“Is she beautiful? Have you fallen for her? I can’t believe that Mrs. H let another woman move in on her turf. Hell, you don’t even bring girls home to fuck them, you get a hotel room.”

Elliot felt his cheeks flush, “Just do it, fuck-head, I will see you tonight.”

He hung up the phone just as Mandy started up the steps out of the pool. She was wearing a black bikini, and her belly was small and round. He felt an insane urge to touch it.

be right, perhaps he

“Elliot! I’m sorry, did

that Elliot was doing his damnedest to come up with things for her to do, he certainly wouldn’t be interrupting her free time with work. Hell,

worried she would have an aneurysm. Thankfully, the older woman had suggested Mandy take on some of the human resource responsibilities that he struggled to find time for.

at the site but hadn’t had the time to meet with Charles, the VP of Human Resources at Brand.

Since this type of benefit would be crucial to Mandy, it was a perfect fit. She was thrilled

Roberts had called to see how things were working out and Elliot found himself admitting the whole affair to his older friend. Dr. Roberts had also laughed his

was something special about this girl. And so, he took the teasing in

growing

Elliot cleared his throat of the huskiness. “Some guys are coming by tonight. It is my Thursday night poker group. You know Dr. Roberts, but my best friend Nate will be there as well as Zeke from accounting.”

handsome boss. The way his dark hair stood in

locks because she knew just how silky they were.

fun. Can I do anything

was higher than normal, and she hated that she couldn’t relax around Elliot. He had been nothing but generous and kind to her since the night

and Mandy’s heart skipped a beat. “We have everything covered. The guys will bring some cases of beer. I just didn’t want you to be alarmed. They should

bunch of his friends in a bathing

need to go,” she grabbed his arm and slid into her flip-flops. Granted, she’d only wanted to steady herself, and it had been an unconscious

But Elliot had stilled his gaze glued to where she was touching him.

fingers back as if she were

hers, but the fire in his orbs was unmistakable.

his hand on the small of her back to walk

felt achy, and she

leave my room. I mean, I can get dinner before they arrive, and I have a bathroom already, not that I

lips, the more

the elevator, she was

placed it on her rambling

His own were twitching traitorously, and his

about my home

in her throat, “That I should

to do. But I’m sure that Dr. Roberts would love to

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