filled the room. Using a wooden tongue depressor, she scooped out some of the contents and put it in the palm of one hand. She rubbed her hands together gently before spreading it on her hair and combing it with a wide-toothed comb. Intrigued, Lucas asked what it was.
“Pure coconut oil,” she said. “Haven’t you used coconut oil for cooking?”
“I have,” he said, examining the jar. “But I’ve never thought of it as a hair product.”
Sherri smiled and said, “It’s not just for my hair. I use it all over.” She demonstrated by taking some of the oil, which was white, fragrant and solid, and putting it on her arm. It melted immediately and she began to massage it into her skin.
Lucas smiled. “Come over here, sweetheart, and let me do that for you.”
He massaged the oil onto every part of her willing body and she did the same to him until they were both bearing the faint gleam of the oil and wearing ridiculously happy smiles. Her hair was almost dry, in a mass of tight ringlets that Lucas thought was sexy as hell. He suddenly remembered the wine he’d left downstairs and asked if she wanted some.
“No. All I want is you,” Sherri answered.
“In that case, I’m all yours,” he promised. He removed his towel and she took off hers and it was a long time before they thought about wine or anything else but each other.
* * *
There was nothing Sherri would’ve changed about the days and nights she spent with Lucas. She felt closer to him than ever before, which was a revelation in and of itself. But she also felt calm, happy and relaxed, more than she normally did. Sherri was a very happy person and she had meant it when she told Sydney that the two of them had a great life. She was blessed with a lovable daughter, she had the career she’d worked so hard for and she was able to give her daughter a great life. However, since she and Lucas had become a real couple, she was much happier than she’d been before. She was also physically satisfied in every way, which was another revelation. Until Lucas, she’d had no clue what sex was all about. Now she knew.
She and Lucas spent as much time together as possible, and they took that time to really get to know each other. He was a very open person and really enjoyed talking to her about any and everything. He was also a great listener, and nothing was off-limits for the two of them. She did miss Sydney terribly, but she talked to her every day and she was greatly relieved that she was having the time of her life with the VanBurens. Aside from the strange feeling of not having her precious daughter with her, Sherri’s life couldn’t have been happier, and it showed.
She came to work singing every day—something she didn’t even notice until her nurse, Kayla, pointed it out to her. She had come in early with a big bowl of fruit salad and tiny banana muffins for her staff. She was singing under her breath as she put it in the staff room when Kayla came in with a smile on her pretty face.
“Dr. Sherri, I don’t know for sure what’s come over you, but it’s doing you a world of good,” she teased.
Sherri tried to pretend like she didn’t know what Kayla meant, but the twinkle in her eyes and her broad smile gave her away.
“Are you saying that I’m usually an ogre to work with?”
“No, Dr. Sherri, you’re a great boss. It’s just that the past few days you’ve been extra sparkly or something. It wouldn’t have anything to do with that handsome guy that brings you lunch, would it?”
Sherri finished washing her hands at the sink and gave Kayla an extra-mischievous smile as she dried them. “It has everything to do with him, Kayla.”
Both women laughed as Sherri went to her office to return calls and get ready for her patients. Her hand was on the phone when her private line rang.
“Dr. Stratton, how may I help you?”
“Where have you been keeping yourself, Sherrilyn? You can’t pick up the phone and give your parents a call
“Pure coconut oil,” she said. “Haven’t you used coconut oil for cooking?”
“I have,” he said, examining the jar. “But I’ve never thought of it as a hair product.”
Sherri smiled and said, “It’s not just for my hair. I use it all over.” She demonstrated by taking some of the oil, which was white, fragrant and solid, and putting it on her arm. It melted immediately and she began to massage it into her skin.
Lucas smiled. “Come over here, sweetheart, and let me do that for you.”
He massaged the oil onto every part of her willing body and she did the same to him until they were both bearing the faint gleam of the oil and wearing ridiculously happy smiles. Her hair was almost dry, in a mass of tight ringlets that Lucas thought was sexy as hell. He suddenly remembered the wine he’d left downstairs and asked if she wanted some.
“No. All I want is you,” Sherri answered.
“In that case, I’m all yours,” he promised. He removed his towel and she took off hers and it was a long time before they thought about wine or anything else but each other.
* * *
There was nothing Sherri would’ve changed about the days and nights she spent with Lucas. She felt closer to him than ever before, which was a revelation in and of itself. But she also felt calm, happy and relaxed, more than she normally did. Sherri was a very happy person and she had meant it when she told Sydney that the two of them had a great life. She was blessed with a lovable daughter, she had the career she’d worked so hard for and she was able to give her daughter a great life. However, since she and Lucas had become a real couple, she was much happier than she’d been before. She was also physically satisfied in every way, which was another revelation. Until Lucas, she’d had no clue what sex was all about. Now she knew.
She and Lucas spent as much time together as possible, and they took that time to really get to know each other. He was a very open person and really enjoyed talking to her about any and everything. He was also a great listener, and nothing was off-limits for the two of them. She did miss Sydney terribly, but she talked to her every day and she was greatly relieved that she was having the time of her life with the VanBurens. Aside from the strange feeling of not having her precious daughter with her, Sherri’s life couldn’t have been happier, and it showed.
She came to work singing every day—something she didn’t even notice until her nurse, Kayla, pointed it out to her. She had come in early with a big bowl of fruit salad and tiny banana muffins for her staff. She was singing under her breath as she put it in the staff room when Kayla came in with a smile on her pretty face.
“Dr. Sherri, I don’t know for sure what’s come over you, but it’s doing you a world of good,” she teased.
Sherri tried to pretend like she didn’t know what Kayla meant, but the twinkle in her eyes and her broad smile gave her away.
“Are you saying that I’m usually an ogre to work with?”
“No, Dr. Sherri, you’re a great boss. It’s just that the past few days you’ve been extra sparkly or something. It wouldn’t have anything to do with that handsome guy that brings you lunch, would it?”
Sherri finished washing her hands at the sink and gave Kayla an extra-mischievous smile as she dried them. “It has everything to do with him, Kayla.”
Both women laughed as Sherri went to her office to return calls and get ready for her patients. Her hand was on the phone when her private line rang.
“Dr. Stratton, how may I help you?”
“Where have you been keeping yourself, Sherrilyn? You can’t pick up the phone and give your parents a call
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