Total pages in book: 179
Estimated words: 173733 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 869(@200wpm)___ 695(@250wpm)___ 579(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 173733 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 869(@200wpm)___ 695(@250wpm)___ 579(@300wpm)
“I can’t be in court tomorrow. I wish I could, but I’ll call you.” She hugs me and soon she is gone.
I stand there, waiting on Reese, and when he returns, he stops in front of me, the two of us just staring at each other. I expect him to lay something heavy on me, but instead, he pulls me close. “How many orgasms is it going to take to find out what the surprise is early?”
I laugh, the way only he can make me laugh, under this much stress. “Two hundred,” I say, giving him an unreachable number.
He arches a brow. “That’s a big number and since you have to write your column I’ll have to make this one fast.” He picks me up and starts walking toward the bedroom and for now, Debbie doesn’t exist. I love that about us. We can make everything else disappear. He makes everything else disappear and for the first time since Debbie appeared, I realize I’m certain this is all going to work out. Of course, Debbie thinks the same thing. She thinks it’s going to work out for her.
Chapter fifty-nine
Cat
Reese carries me up the stairs and lays me down on our bed, his big body coming down on top of mine. “I love you, woman.”
“I know you do,” I promise. “You have nothing to prove to me. I told you. My reactions are about this surprise.”
He leans up on his elbows. “Tell me what it is.”
My hand goes to his face, tenderness overcoming me when I think of what I have to share, but I haven’t even gone to the doctor yet. I’m not telling him now. “You have to wait until your birthday. I promise. It’s worth the wait.”
“You’re killing me, Cat. I can normally take your teasing, but now—”
“You can take it,” I tease. “You’re ‘Mr. Hotness’ and by the way, the blogs about you have already started again.”
“Fuck,” he growls. “Not more of the Mr. Hotness craziness.”
“I like it more now,” I say.
“And why is that?”
I scrape my teeth over my lip and then kiss him. “I’m the girl who got Mr. Hotness.”
“You do have me, Cat. All of me. You have from the moment you called me an asshole.”
I laugh and it feels good, all the emotions I’ve been feeling seem to be fading in a wave of calmer hormones that might not last but I’ll take it while I can get it. My hands slide under his shirt. “You weren’t the asshole I thought you were.”
“Glad to hear that since you married me,” he says, lips brushing mine. “I’m going to fuck you now. I have to. You know that, right?”
“Have to,” I agree, as his hand slides under my shirt and over my breast, his fingers tugging down my bra to tease my nipple. “Definitely.” He drags my shirt up and over my head or he tries.
The doorbell rings and I catch it at my neck. “Oh God. I called my brothers. Why did I call my brothers? If you pay her off they don’t even need to know about Debbie.”
He rolls us to our sides, facing each other. “Relax, sweetheart.” He cups my face. “I know your relationship with your brothers is tense, especially Reid, but the very fact that they rushed over here says they care. And Reid’s a beast. If anyone is going to represent us legally on this, unless you’re against it, he’s a good choice in my book.”
“Let’s not tell them. Let’s say it’s something else.”
“Cat—”
“I don’t want to tell them.”
“You’re embarrassed,” he says, sitting up as the bell rings again. “Fuck. Of course, you are.”
“No.” I scoot to the edge of the mattress beside him. “I’m not. I’m not—I don’t want anyone to assume we’re broken.”
He glances over at me. “No one, your brothers included, who I work with frequently, who knows me, and us, believes we’re broken or that I cheated. Reid is a good choice, Cat.”
I swallow hard. “You’re right. It’s just so awkward with him.”
“I say him being here shows he’s trying to change that.”
“If he’s here. It might be just Gabe. He’s the one on the approved list at security.”
“I put Reid on a long time ago.”
“You did?”
“Yes. I hoped you two would mend your relationship.” He kisses me. “Let’s go find out.”
Mend. That’s a hard thing when Reid disapproves of my career and pretty much all of my decisions, but I nod. Reese stands and takes me with him, and when he would turn away, I grab his arm. “I’m sorry.”
His eyes narrow on me. “For what, Cat?”
“Me being emotional and embarrassed isn’t me showing you how much I believe in us, but I do. I swear, I do.”
He pulls me to him and kisses me. “I know you do. Don’t apologize for anything. You’ve handled this far better than I might have.” His cellphone rings and he snakes it from his pocket. “Reid,” he says, glancing at his caller ID. He releases me and motions to the door as he answers the call. “Yes, Reid. We’re on our way to the door right now.” He motions me through the doorway and when I would pass, he catches me and kisses me. “Reid will help. This is a good thing.”