Page 13 of In Love with My Secret Husband

“I’m sorry, Laina. I’m sorry. I’m here now.”

Everything after that was a blur. She was barely aware of Troy leading her out of the apartment, and as the reporters converged around them, Laina heard him say something she never thought she’d hear him say.

“Please make way for my wife.”

My wife.

Troy had called her...his wife.

THE SILENCE INSIDEhis limo was painful. The things he had to say and apologize for seemed to be growing with every day that passed. It almost felt as if life itself was against Laina giving Troy a second chance.

For the first few minutes, she sat with her back straight, her gaze turned away from him. But what gave her tension away was howher hand had balled into a fist on her lap. And finally, it was Laina who broke the silence between them, her words coming out jerkily.

“Where are we going?”

“Home.”

It was just one word. But that word was everything she feared...and found comfort in at the same time.

Troy only had to look at his wife’s face, and he knew. Of course he knew. He might not have been the perfect husband, and he might have had hurt her in ways he hadn’t known all these years...

But because he was her husband...

There were things he had always known and would always know.

Andthiswas one of them.

The look on her face...that told him she was only with Troy because she had no other choice.

“The kids!”

She had suddenly turned to him as she gasped the words out.

“I have class today, and—”

“You can’t go back to work.”

“I know that, but I have to—”

“Give them a call.”

Laina shook her head. “That’s not good enough. I owe it to them to explain in person. Please.”

“If we go there, you’ll be drawing more attention to your workplace.”

A smile wobbled over her lips. “We both know how rabid the press is when it comes to you.”

Troy’s lips pressed together in a straight line. She was unfortunately correct. The moment that article about her went live, the press would have dug out everything they could find about her, and that definitely included her workplace.

“We’ll go there...on one condition.”

Her eyes widened when she heard what that condition was. “A-Are you sure?”

“You can face the press another time, but not now. Do we have a deal?”

She nodded.

Troy turned to Marlon, but his driver was already turning the car around to take the detour. Marlon, who had been driving for Troy since his rookie year, and after that, for Laina as well.