Their Miracle Baby

When they got to the car, Venetia surprised him by reaching up and taking his face in her hands and kissing him. It was just a simple peck on the lips, but Lewis felt it from the top of his head all the way down to his toes.

“Thank you for dinner and the carriage ride, it was very romantic,” she said, looking into his eyes. “I’m a lucky woman to have been able to spend some time with you.”

“No, I think I’m the lucky one. Can we do this again?” he asked, his heart beating with anticipation.

“Yes, I’d really like that,” she said, standing up on her toes to kiss him again.

This time when her lips met his, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. He could feel the beating of her heart against his chest and knew that she was as infatuated as he was, the purring sound deep in her throat making him want her even more.

He stood on the sidewalk until her car disappeared from sight, thinking that he was one lucky man. Venetia was everything he’d ever wanted in a woman: intelligent, educated, caring, and best of all sexy as hell. Right then and there, he made himself a promise, he’d make her his own no matter how long it took.

They met for lunch every day that next week, Lewis noticing that it was difficult for Venetia to separate herself from her work for more than an hour or so. But he was happy to take whatever amount of time she was willing to give him. By the end of the week, they were both pleased to find that they were alike in many ways. From music to movies and even food, they had similar likes and dislikes.

Venetia was shocked at how compatible they were with one another, almost like best friends except for that undeniable electricity that sparked between them. If she had any doubt about Lewis’ attraction to her, it ended after their first lunch when he whisked her into a storage closet and kissed her until her legs wouldn’t support her.

On Friday morning, when Venetia awoke, her first thoughts were of Lewis. For the first time in her life, she was looking forward to the weekend not because it meant she could sleep as much as she wanted, but because Lewis had planned something special for Saturday night, although he wouldn’t tell her what it was.

She’d traded time with another doctor so that she could be free of any patient responsibly for the entire weekend. Lewis had given her a stern lecture on Wednesday when her phone wouldn’t stop ringing. Many people had tried to tell her that she needed to slow down, that it wasn’t healthy to be so wrapped up in her work, but she’d never listened.

But when Lewis said it, she’d listened. “I used to be like you, pushing and pushing, trying to help as many people as I could. I think I was trying to prove to my family that I’d made the right decision. But after a while it began to get to me, it actually affected my work.”

“Are you saying that my patients are suffering because I’m working too much?”

“I don’t know if that true now, but I can promise you that someday it will be. It’s just not healthy to be so one dimensional. You need to have a life too, only then will you be at your best.”

“I guess, I’ll think about it,” she said, a little annoyed that he’d stuck his nose into her business, after all she’d won that award.

Later that afternoon, she’d considered his words again and realized that he was right. No matter how much she wanted to, she couldn’t save every kid in the city. She was nowhere near the point of burnout, but it wouldn’t hurt to take some time for herself. There used to be a time in her life when she’d done things that made her happy just because she could. But ever since she’d taken over the clinic, those things had disappeared from her life. Now she was eagerly anticipating what Lewis had in store for her, a weekend of fun instead of one alone.

Lewis had known after their date that night that she was the woman for him, but he knew that to make that happen he’d have to get Venetia to slow down a little. Besides wanting her all to himself for more than an hour lunch, he knew that it wouldn’t be long before she was burned out. No one could maintain her schedule and not burn out; he’d almost done it to himself so he knew well how easily it could happen.

He’d hated to lecture her at lunch that day, but the result had been her covering her weekend, a success as far as he was concerned. Now he’d have her undivided attention for two whole days, and he didn’t plan to waste a second of that time.

Lewis started his campaign to win Venetia’s heart by showing up at the clinic Friday night with a picnic basket and a bottle of wine. At first she resisted, using the excuse that her coverage didn’t start until the next day, but Lewis wouldn’t take no for an answer explaining that he’d already covered her calls for the night. She was still resistant until he pulled her into his arms and kissed her until her knees had gone weak.

She’d finally agreed, but insisted that she’d need a few minutes to get cleaned up. There was no way she was going the way she was, dirty and rumpled. She only had a pair of jeans and a sweater in her locker, but that would just have to do. But when she opened her locker, there was a brand new outfit hanging there with a note attached.

Thought you might need something fun to wear this weekend. Have fun!