"…Yes sir, the doctor is right in here," the young secretary behind the desk said, her voice slightly flustered. Her heart thudded wildly in her chest. She couldn't believe who was standing just a few feet away.

Kieran freaking Blackwood.

She screamed the words in her head, but outwardly tried to keep it cool. Tried. The blush spreading across her cheeks, though? That she couldn’t hide.

"Thank you," Kieran offered her a small, polite smile.

She just about melted into a goofy puddle right there behind the desk.

Right beside him—more like glued to his side—Genesis glanced up at her husband, then to the blushing secretary. A strange tug pulled...