Page 29 of Unruly

Love and soul was his wife.

Cross had known these things before, but now …

Now, he understood.

Anything he had to do to make sure his wife and child always knew how important they were to him, he would do it.

Always.

“Cross?”

Catherine was surprised at how faint her voice came out. All it took was one look at her husband in the dimly lit room, and the anger she had felt about her meeting with Giuseppe and the trick her mother pulled was entirely gone.

Just like that.

Because of Cross.

Fixing the Rolex to his wrist, he flashed her a grin. “Evening, babe.”

Catherine blinked.

And again.

Surely she wasn’t seeing what she thought she was seeing. Cross wouldn’t have flown over an entire ocean just to come and spend a couple of days with her.

Except … yes, he absolutely would.

“You’re not dressed,” Catherine said, eyeing him.

“Just got out of the shower.” Cross nodded behind her. “Shut the door, huh? We’re not giving anyone a show.”

Catherine blindly waved at the door until she smacked it shut. She couldn’t possibly take her eyes off her husband because he might disappear. Obviously, she still didn’t fully believe that he was there.

Yet, he was.

Half naked.

Gorgeous.

Smiling at her.

She loved this man.

“This is why you kept purposely missing my calls?” Catherine asked.

She still hadn’t moved an inch.

“No, I actually was just missing them a lot of the time. Once, I knew it would have been too early here and didn’t want to wake you up. I got your messages, though.”

“Did you get how progressively worried I was, too?”

Cross flashed her another sexy smile. “How could I ruin your surprise, Catty?”

“I … I don’t know.”

“Happy anniversary, Catherine.” Cross reached for the new suit dangling off the edge of the bed. “Well, tomorrow, but who cares?”

She planned to celebrate their anniversary on the phone with him as much as possible because she wasn’t heading home for another couple of days. Instead, her crazy, wild, beautiful husband had done something far better for her.