Chapter 2

Nora was shocked at what Clint had suggested. Sure being the DA was tough but she liked it. She loved having the satisfaction of putting the bad guys behind bars.

"You want me to quit being the DA and come here?"

"I don't want you to think I'm pressuring you, but yeah I do. I see you when you come home at night and sweetie all this stress isn't good for you. And it's just with your medical history and..."

Nora placed her finger over Clint's lips to silence him then gently slid it down to his chest and kissed him.

"You are the sweetest man I have ever met and there is nothing I would love more then to work here with you" she whispered.

"Does this mean you're gonna do it?"

"Yeah" she whispered.

"Thank you Nora."

They passionately kissed and ended up making love a few more times before regretfully getting dressed and going back to their respective jobs.

Nora walked into the precinct and headed straight to her office to type up her resignation letter. She had planned on having it on Bo's desk by that evening. She stepped into her office and sat down on her chair.

"Ok Nora. Lets do this" she whispered to herself. After a few minutes of looking at the screen the words came pouring out of her. After the letter was complete she pushed the print button and rummaged through her desk for an envelope. She placed the letter in the envelope and left to take it to the DA's office. She stopped in front of Bo's office door wondering if she should tell him, she took in a deep breath and knocked on his door.

"Come in"

"Hey Bo. Do you have a minute?"

"Yeah sure."

"I just came here to tell you that I'm resigning as district attorney"

"What?! Nora you can't leave in the middle of this Lindsay thing"

"Well I am Bo"

"You have a child to support"

"Haha don't even try it Bo. I got another job offer"

"Really?"

"Yeah"

"Where?"

"Buchanan enterprises"

Bo was shocked. BE was the last place he expected Nora to get a job.

"Well I've gotta get this letter to the DA's office"

"Nora! Are you out of your mind"

"Excuse me?"

"You have no training in business what so ever. Hell you'll run BE into the ground within a month"

"Geeze your confidence in me is amazing"

"Nora I am not letting you quit being the DA"

"Ok correct me if I'm wrong but when I took this job it was so I could be in "Constant contact" with you, and now that I wanna leave it you don't want me to? To bad I'm leaving no It's ands or buts about it" and with that Nora turned around and walked out closing the door behind her. She glanced at the envelope while walking down the hall and tripped falling into Michael's arms.

"Whoa! You ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine" she laughed.

"You do that a lot don't you?"

"Eh every now and again"

"Where were you off to in such a hurry Miss Hanen?"

"The DA's office, I'm resigning as District Attorney"

"Oh wow! That's a shame"

"Why is it a shame to you? You've known me for all of a day"

"And in that day I can already tell that you are an asset to this place. You keep that Commissioner Buchanan in there on his toes"

"Well we act professional around each other but I don't think I keep him in line"

"Trust me. You do"

"Well I've got to get going to drop this off" she smiled holding up the envelope.

"Letter of resignation"

"Mhmmm"

"Well don't let me keep you" Michael smiled

The two exchanged one more smile before Nora walked past Michael, grabbed her coat and headed out the door. She went to the DA's office and dropped her letter off. She arrived back at the mansion and saw Clint sitting on the couch sipping his usual glass of burbon.

"Hey you" he smiled patting the cushion next to him. Nora sat next to him and he wrapped his arm tightly around her as she rested her head on his shoulder.

"I'm officially no longer the DA" she sighed.

"You upset about it?"

"No. It's just gonna be strange." she chuckled.

"It's gonna be really great having you around BE"

"I can't wait it sounds so fun. So uh is Matthew at Nash and Jessica's?"

"mhmmm"

"And David?..."

"Dorian's"

"Nigel?"

"Night off"

"So we have the house all to ourselves?" she said giving him a naughty smile.

"Yeah" he whispered drawing her into a kiss.

She lowered her hands towards his shirt and began undoing the buttons when the doorbell rang.

"Damn it!" Nora said pulling away.

"I'll go and get rid of whoever that is" she added

She hurried to the door while fixing her hair and clothing. She opened the door and was surprised to Michael standing at her door.

"Michael! What are you doing here?"

"You dropped on the way out of the precinct earlier" he smiled handing Nora her black P.D.A

"Oh! Thank you so much! My entire life is in this thing" she chuckled, after a few moments of silence and fiddling with her P.D.A Nora looked up and Michael.

"Well I'll see you"

"Of course, Have a pleasant evening miss Hanen"

"You too"

Nora walked back inside and placed her PDA on the table. She went back into the living room and was pulled into a passionate kiss by Clint who was standing in the door way. They entered the room, Nora kicking the doors closed on the way in. They fell back onto the couch as Clint began kissing the crook of her neck.

"God I love you" he whispered looking into her eyes.

"Clint did you just say?..."

"Yeah, Yeah I did. I love you and I'm not afraid to admit it"

"I love you too"

After they had confessed their true feelings to one another they ended up making love on the sofa. Afterwards Nora fell asleep with her head on Clint's chest, she could feel his heart beating against the side of her face, neither of them had never felt more at home until that moment.

Genoa City

Lauren tossed her compact into her Gucci handbag. She had enough Michael had promised her that he would take Fen for the weekend but instead she finds out from his office that he took off to Llanview until further notice. She stood up from the sofa and zipped up the suitcase she was taking with her.

"Ok baby. We're all set. Now let's go and see daddy" she cooed to her son.

Michael was going to have some serious explaining to do when she got down there.

TBC...