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She used to decorate every inch of the trailer. She was so over the top.” Yup, we were totally back in the game.
“Want to help decorate it?” She sounded excited. “Do you have decorations?” “I’ve got decorations.”
“Love looks good on you, Mica.”
Mica’s smile broadened. “The fact that she was pissed about something tells me this story is true.”
“Why Mica the Savage?” Oh shit. “No reason.” Jasper talked over me. “Once she mentioned that she thought you’d be a savage in bed, and the name stuck.”
Mica looked with interest in the review mirror at Jasper. “I think we should drink some vodka together.”
“You’ve fallen for him, haven’t you?” She touched my arm, almost as if to console me. I nodded, not speaking. I no longer could deny this. To myself or anyone else. “What are you going to do about it?” I gave her a wry smile. “I’m going to sleep with him. And enjoy this while it lasts.”
Jasper slow-clapped, and Charlie buried her face into my arm. And then my mom said, in the driest of voices, “I’m not sure about you guys, but I definitely need a cigarette after that.” She winked at Charlie and jokingly wagged her finger at me, before she turned and disappeared outside.
“This afternoon, it didn’t sound like it’s in name only.” Our gazes clashed. “It’s complicated.” “She adores you.” I rubbed my forehead. “I can’t give her what she wants.” “You already are giving her what she wants.” She raised her glass. “A home, family, friends. Tenderness, laughter. Mica, these are the things women want from their husbands.”
“Mica, it was not your fault. You were ten. She was a grown woman. She made those choices that day, Mica, not you. She was your nanny. You were in her care, not the other way around.”
Did the nanny groom him????
My answer pulled her out of her sleep. “What can I do?” I worked and failed to keep the husky emotion out of my voice. “Let me hold you.” She snuggled deep against me. “Is that it?” “That’s everything.”
“I accept this for what it is.” “I’ve met no one like you.” He played with my fingers. “If I could go all the way, it’d be with you.”
It made no sense, but it made this the hottest sex I’d had in my entire life. I was drunk, but I knew I never wanted to put a condom on with her again.
“You came inside of me,” she gasped. And I’d fucking do it again. A hundred times over. “Yeah, I did.”
“I want to come inside of you.” This time I at least had the decency to ask. “Why?” she asked, breathless and wide-eyed. “Because you’re mine.”
I wanted her. I wanted this, all of this, to survive past our deadline.
I didn’t pull out of her that time either, even though I was mostly sober. I figured the damage was done and one more time wasn’t going to change anything.
SHe gets pregnant
I debated our options. “How sure are you that it’s the wrong time of the month?” She thought about it. “I’m confident we’re okay.” “Because I don’t want kids.” She nodded, acceptance in her gaze. “I know.” “But I want you.”
“If things are this fucking hot between us in a year, I’d be open to seeing where this went.” Her hand flew to her mouth,
Someone had slashed all four of the tires. They had also keyed the entire length of the car and dumped paint over the roof. Dark red paint splashed the entire car, dripped onto the driveway, and dried in dark pools that reminded me of congealed blood.
Mayb its Andrew
“I haven’t sent you a single text. Not one. And none of my guys dares go near you.”
Its fucking Andrew or Sabrina
I wondered if Mica had brought his previous dates to this place. I could easily imagine him cuddled up in some booth with a half-clad bunny. While we looked at the menu, I looked up at him. “What’s good here?” His eyes met mine over his menu. “I’m not sure. I’ve never been here before.”
He leaned forward. “Hey.” I met his eyes. “What?” “I will never take you to a place where I wined and dined someone else, okay? I respect you too much for that.”
I grinned. “Maybe we have the smartest dog in the world and the dumbest dog?” She burst out laughing. “Honestly, sometimes when I talk to Sniper, I swear he understands exactly what I am saying. And when I talk to Sasha, he’s so clueless. So damn clueless. Good thing he’s cute.”
“You just found out that your husband is heir to billions of dollars. And you’re trying to save sixty cents on juice?” She scowled at me. “You just said juice is juice. Why should I pay more for a label?”
“You’re the best.” She turned her face into my chest and breathed in deep. “I think Sasha inherited his smarts from you. Good thing you’re both cute.”
Charlie remained emotionally removed from everything for most of the weekend. I caught her in tears twice, and she spent a lot of time sleeping.
Shes pregnant !!!?!?!?
I held her face and stared into her eyes. “I need you to tell me what’s wrong.” “I’m pregnant.”
I knew it
“You know how I feel about having kids.” “Yup.” “I knocked her up.” “Figured as much.” I looked at him, feeling anguish. “I did this.” “That’s usually how it works.”
“At first it seemed okay, but then it wasn’t. Mica was alone with her, in the middle of a storm, in the middle of the night, when she started to experience terrible complications. He was with her when both she and the baby died.”
did too. “I love him.” “My son loves you more than life itself.”
“You can tell him I have a new girlfriend,” he offered.
Its sabrina
I took her hand from his and tugged her towards me. “She’s mine, and I don’t share.”
I spoke against her mouth. “I love you, Charlie.” “I know.”
“You don’t have to keep on doing this.” I opened the door wide for her and Ikea. “We could just tell him you stayed over.” She reached up and gave me a hard hug. “He thought you’d say that, and he made me promise we wouldn’t do that.”
“We shouldn’t have done that.” His eyes were on my breasts. “Wrong. My body needs sex. A lot of sex.” And there came that smile. The one that curled my toes.
“We’re failing as parents,” I whispered as we tempted Sasha with a dog cookie. He laughed. “Yeah, but look how cute he is.”
“Do you think he’s deaf?” She glanced up at me with an amused smile on her face. “Selective hearing.”
“Mica would never cheat on you. I’ve known him my entire life. He’s not a cheater. Not at games, not with money, not with girlfriends. He is a faithful man.”
“That is where your guardian angel comes in. I’ll take care of this. Are you taking care of yourself?” I swallowed. “What do you mean?” “Have you eaten?” I hadn’t. Not since breakfast. “I’m going to eat.” “You eat and you sleep and you trust me, okay?” I did trust him. “Okay.” “Just curious. Where did you get this phone?” I faltered. “I found it in Mica’s stuff.” “Keep this phone close. If anything happens to you, you call me. We are only a phone call away. We will keep you safe.”
I blinked in horror when I saw Andrew point a gun at Sniper’s head. “Tell him to sit.” “What are you doing?” I cried. “Tell your dog to sit or I will blow his head off.”
Motherfucker
He nodded towards the house. “She went to bat for you, Mica. That one’s a keeper.” I already knew that.
“Where’s Charlie?” I asked him again. As if he understood, he moved to the front door and looked back at me. Seriously? I opened the door. He wasn’t moving too quickly, but his nose was to the ground. He led me down the driveway, to the sidewalk. He slowly walked along the sidewalk and stopped at the end of Andrew’s driveway.
I dialed Andrusha’s number. “Who is this?” he answered in Russian. “Hey, Krista,” I said. “I just got out of jail. You have a moment?” “Talk.” Andrusha knew something was up. I feigned my end of the conversation to give him as many details as possible. “My phone is dead, so I’m borrowing my neighbor’s cell.” “Where is this?” “No, not far, just a couple doors down.” “Where is Charlie?” “She left me and she took off.” “She’d never do that.” “The cops broke my phone. No, don’t call them. I’ll deal with them on my own.” I was telling him Charlie was missing, where I was, that I didn’t have a cell,
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“She’s going to live?” I repeated, needing the confirmation. He smiled. “She and the baby will be fine.” Wait, what? “The baby is okay too?” He paused and frowned. “I thought you understood that.”
The dogs went bananas when they saw me. Sniper whined and pressed his head against my legs. “It’s okay. It’s okay.”
He squeezed my hands. “It was never Yazimoto scaring you. It was always Andrew.”
I knew it
“What about the baby?” He leaned forward with that mouth I loved so much and kissed me. “Can’t wait.” “You mean that?” I breathed, staring into his eyes. “With all my heart.”
He swept me into his arms. “Do I really have Detective Wallace to thank for all of this?” “I’m the inconvenience he caused.” “This marriage was the best inconvenience of my life.” I smiled up at him. “Now what?” He smiled back. “Now we start the rest of our lives.”
I was playing it low key, but I was ecstatic that Mark had signed me for another five years. This was our home. This was where our friends were and where we wanted to raise our child. “Hockey is life, right?” He grinned. My wife is my life. “You know it.”
