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“You can leave the party now. Thanks for coming.”
“I can’t stand you.” She laughed and hugged me. Then she walked over to Tatiana and pulled her close.
Hayden waved goodbye from afar, and the two of them exited down the grand staircase.
“Come over here and join us, Mr. Carter!” One of the product managers called out to me. “We could use your input on this conversation.”
“Be right there.” I grabbed a water bottle from a passing waiter’s tray and moved to Tatiana’s side.
“Mrs. Carter was just telling us how she’s transitioning to full-time life in Vegas,” he said. “She says it’s a lot tougher than New York City, but we’re finding that hard to believe.”
“They don’t believe howexpensiveit is to live there.” She was clearly in the mood to start shit today. “Can you tell them just how much I’m spending to survive?”
“Why don’t we tell them how much you’remakinginstead?”
“Oh?” The manager’s eyes lit up. “Are you preparing to perform on the ice again?”
“No, she’s blessing the world with an entirely different performance,” I said dryly.
“Well, I’m looking forward to whatever that may be,” he said. “How’s the rematch training going, Mr. Carter?”
“Wonderful,” I said. “I honestly never stop training, though.”
“Ah, heart of a champion.” He smiled. “How are you making time for your wife during this intense season?”
The same way I’m making time for this silly shit.
“Hedoesn’tmake the time.” Tatiana beat me to the answer. “He’d avoid me all the time if it were up to him.”
“You’re kidding, right?”
“No.” She shrugged. “But, I’m willing to play second fiddle to his career until he retires because I understand how important it is to him. It’s almost like I’m repaying him for a favor, with tons of interest.”
What the hell is she doing?
“Hmmm.” The manager looked somewhat confused by her answer. “Well, since he’s raved so much about you tonight, what’s your favorite quality of Mr. Carter’s?”
“I honestly can’t think of a single one.”
“Huh?”
“I mean, the list issolong that I can’t pick just one.” She looked up at me with a fake smile. “Then again, unbeknownst to a lot of people, he has someamazingaccounting skills.”
“That’s…your favorite quality?”
“She’s joking.” I grabbed her hand. “Can I talk to you in private for a minute, Mrs. Carter?”
“Sure.”
I yanked her away before she could say anything else reckless. After walking past a few bedroom doors, I pulled her inside a laundry room.
Locking the door, I dropped the doting husband act.
“I would ask what the hell you’re doing, but I don’t even think you know at this point.”
“‘I’m being a good wife.”
“A good wife doesn’t insinuate negative things about her husband.”
