“Did you go to Disney yet?” I asked.
She shook her head. “That’s the plan for the next couple of days. Though now that I’ve been here, those plans may change. I’m beginning to thinkthisis the happiest place on Earth.”
“You’re probably right, but you should still go. If for no other reason than to eat a churro. They’re sinful.”
“I’ll make sure I get one.”
“Ready?” her husband asked as he approached.
“Yes.” When she stood, the slit on her pretty dress parted to reveal intricate ropes tied around her thigh. “It was nice to meet you.”
“You, too,” I forced out, relieved it sounded as friendly as I wanted.
I kept staring at the chair where she’d been until Tripp returned.
“What’s wrong?” he asked, lifting me to stand.
“What do you know about, uh, rope kink?”
His eyes darkened. “I’ll start researching.” He tugged me closer so I could feel how into that idea he was. “And you know I’m a quick study.”
I did know.
It was one of the fewquickthings about him.
Tripp
TWO YEARS LATER
“I need totalk to you, wife.”
Greer looked up from her favorite spot in the back room that was saturated with natural light.
After the drama a few years before, I’d wanted to move to a new place with new memories.
She’d put her foot down about staying.
And since I loved her, I would always do whatever made her happy. I’d just done it while making our house safer than a vault—along with making it feel like a home. She and the designer Easton recommended had handled that last part.
The once empty room was filled with the comfortable furniture I’d ordered the day we’d run lines for the first time, and the decorative touches that made it Greer’s space.
Including framed prints of some of my photos.
Not the ones of her, though those were my favorite.
She glanced from me to her laptop on the table. “Personal talk or work talk?”
“Both.” Moving to the oversized chair she was curled up on, I lifted her to stand and took her spot before positioning her on my lap.
“I was comfortable,” she muttered.
“And you’re not now?”
“Will you hold me tighter if I lie and say no?”
I wrapped my hand around her throat and felt her pulse kick up beneath my palm. “Lie to me and find out what happens.”
“Never mind.”
