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Valentina
Iclick off the morning show after watching Max’s announcement that he’s engaged. I’ve yet to meet her—though Ryder did when they were in Europe—but to Max, if he’s happy, then everyone else should be too.
It’s been two weeks since Ryder returned, and his first football game of the season is tonight. He drops his backpack on the floor, shovels a few spoonfuls of cereal into his mouth, and heads for the door.
“Ryder!”
He sighs, kisses my cheek, then heads back to the door.
“I’ll see you at the field tonight. Dom is coming too. Maybe we can all have dinner after?”
“Uh, maybe. The guys said something about doing something.”
“Well, I can see why ‘something’ would interfere with dinner.”
He laughs and shuts the door behind him but opens it back up right away. “Tell Dom he can come out and have breakfast now. I’m gone.”
My mouth drops open, and I hear Ryder laugh all the way to the elevator.
Dom opens the bedroom door, wearing his wrinkled shirt and slacks, his suit jacket over his arm. “Gotta love sneaking around.”
“Well, Ryder just called us out.”
He laughs. “Smart kid.” He pulls something out of his pocket and twirls my ring on the tip of his pointer finger. “How come you haven’t been wearing the rock?”
“Snooping?” I ask, taking it from him.
Truth is, I’m not sure where we stand. Yes, we’re married, but he gave me that ring when it was fake. Putting it on now feels weird.
“You know I like to smell your panties.” He laughs.
I shake my head as he pours himself a cup of coffee. We’ve been doing the sneaking around thing since Ryder returned, and although it started off as thrilling, I’m over it.
“So… why haven’t you been wearing the ring?” he asks again.
“I don’t know. You always hated it, and we’re still sneaking around about sleeping together. It feels weird if I wear it.”
“Okay,” he says with a shrug.
His answer upsets me. Shouldn’t he be convincing me to wear it? That he wants me to wear it?
He grabs an apple and bites it. “I gotta get to the office. Ash keeps calling me out every time I’m late. I need to show her who’s the boss.”
That’ll never happen. Ash owns Dom. He wouldn’t survive without her.
“Yeah, you show her, big guy.”
He shakes his head, coming to my side, and puts his hand on the counter behind me. “Seven tonight, right?”
“Yep. You have the address?”
He kisses my lips. “I won’t be late.”
“You better not be. And be civil when you see Max.”
He mocks offense. “When am I not?”
