Loving the Nurse (A Single Dad Romance)

“Right. Okay. Ready to go?” Augusta took a step back, escape written all over her pretty face, but my hands went to her hips.

“No, I’m not ready. Not yet.” I let my fingers sweep up her hips until her head was cradled in my hand, and then I brought my lips to her sweet mouth, drinking in the taste of her. My tongue swept across her lips, back and forth along the seam until she opened up and invited me in with a gasp.

She softened and leaned into the kiss, the delicious weight of her body sinking against mine had my cock standing at attention. Her soft tits pressed against my chest, the points of her nipples sharp and hard. She gasped and I deepened the kiss, savoring the taste of her, the way her tongue danced with mine.

When Augusta’s fingers tangled in my hair, I sent a prayer up to my busy schedule that I hadn’t gone in for the trim I needed, and pressed my hand into the center of her back, keeping those curves pressed tightly against me. The kiss went on and on, for long minutes. My body grew hotter by the second and I was eager to take Augusta upstairs and strip her down.

Too soon though, she pulled back with glazed over green eyes and kiss slicked lips. “That was…nice. Very nice. But we shouldn’t do it again.”

Nice? “It was a hell of a lot better than nice,” I growled at her and focused my eyes on her chest. “Your nipples think so, anyway.”

Augusta shook her head, red waves falling around her shoulders. “Antonio, this was a mistake.”

“It wasn’t. I know it and you do too. But sure Augusta, we can go.”

Her shoulders fell as the tension released and she nodded. “Good.” She turned on her heels and marched towards the front door.

“But it will happen again. You can be damn sure of that.”

Her feet froze as if they were glued to the floor and she let out a shaky breath, a sound that went straight to my cock. “Antonio,” she groaned.

I took three big steps and I was right behind her, bending down to whisper in her ear. “The next time you say my name like that, you’ll be naked and my mouth will be all over you, pulling those sounds from your sweet mouth.”

She gasped again and shook her head, probably to clear the haze of lust. “Antonio,” she whispered again, the word husky this time.

I clasped her hand with mine and smiled. “Come on, we’ve got a fish try to get to, and suddenly I’m hungry as hell.”

She looked into my eyes and let out a strangled groan before taking her hand back and slipping behind the steering wheel.

Game on, sweetheart.

Gus

“I had fun, Nurse Gus. And I like your daddy a lot.” Rosie wore the kind of all encompassing smile that only a well loved kid could as she launched herself at me. “His fish was better too,” she whispered with a mischievous expression.

I accepted the love contained within her hug and squeezed her back. “Your secret is safe with me, Princess.” Antonio’s fish was by far the better of the two, crispy and full of flavor, but Rosie preferred her fish without the crunch. “I had a good time too. Thanks for letting me crash your party.”

She pulled back with a grin and a wave for me and Dad. “Have a good night.”

Antonio held his hand out for Rosie without taking his brown eyes off me. She slid her hand into his and he winked at me wordlessly. They pair walked down the street with the moon illuminating their retreating figures.

I closed the door and leaned against it with a sigh once the Ricci family was gone. Out of sight. I was happy to see that Dad was making friends and connections in town, but fighting my attraction to Antonio, especially after that kiss that set me on fire, was becoming a full-time job.

“What’s going on with you and Antonio?” Dad’s gravelly voice ended my moment of peace and I opened my eyes to see his smiling face a couple feet from my own.

“Nothing is going on,” I answered a little too quickly. Dad might be getting up in age, but his eagle eyes didn’t miss much. “He’s got some kind of passing interest in me, probably out of boredom or proximity, but it won’t last.” In my experience, men’s interest never lasted long. Usually they were gone the moment after they got what they wanted, or when it became clear they wouldn’t get what they wanted from me.

“Why not?” Dad’s wild brows dipped into a frown as if he really didn’t get it, which only made me love him more. “What man wouldn’t want a lovely, accomplished woman who’s also good with kids? An idiot, that’s who.”