“You tried to rent out the mansion?” “I saw it in the first Duke the Halls. It looked very . . .” He waved an elegant hand. He wasn’t wearing his wedding ring, which I couldn’t decide was a good sign or not. “Very quiet up there on the mountainside. Secluded. Anyway, don’t tell Nolan I’m here just yet. He’s so happy and in love right now.” He lowered his eyelids until his dark gold lashes rested on his cheekbones. “I don’t have the stomach for it tonight.” I tilted my head back against the headboard. “Same, man.” I bumped his fist. “Sad boys for life.”
