Page 60 of Dirty Desires

Her lower lip pouted as she thought about what I’d said. “But the doctor is a professional. I’m sure she’s seen cases like yours before. She must know what’s best for you.”

“What about me? Don’t I know what’s right for me?” I asked her in earnest.

She rolled her lips together as if mustering up some courage to tell me something she knew I wouldn’t like. “Look, I know you’re a smart man.”

“Why do I feel a ‘but’ coming?” I ran my thumb over her knuckles as my stomach tightened with nerves.

“But,” she nodded at me, “you weren’t the one who sought professional help. You were thinking you could deal with things on your own. And that wasn’t working out very well.”

And she was right.

I had gone off the deep end, and I hadn’t swum back on my own. I’d had to be saved. Artimus had saved me by throwing me a life preserver in the form of Dr. Patel.

“I’ll follow her advice,” I admitted in defeat.

Nina got up and came around behind me, running her hand along my shoulders as she did. “Good. I’m with you all the way, babe. So, how about we get back to making crazy love for the rest of this weekend before we have to get back to the grind on Monday?”

Getting up, I let her lead me to the bedroom. “I like the way you think.” I tried to get into the moment and tried to stop thinking about the future.

For now, I had Nina. I had her all weekend long, and that was the only thing I needed to be thinking about right then.

The future would be there when we got to it.