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“Good.”
I can’t see the laptop screen, so I can’t see the therapist. But I can hear her smile.
“Good?” Val presses her hands to her cheeks again. “It’s been less than two months since we first met.”
“Time isn’t the defining factor of a relationship,” the doctor counters. “And you just said you have trust.”
I watch Val’s expression slip. “I trusted him.”
Trusted.
Past tense.
I lean even closer to the screen.
“Trust and love mean more than time.”
My wife’s lips part.
Is she going to admit she doesn’t love me?
She hesitates.
Or is it possible that she might? Even after everything I’ve done.
“I…” Val starts.
The front door unlocking cuts through what Val’s about to say, and I slam the laptop lid closed.
There’s only one person it can be, but I still pull the gun from the holster at the small of my back as I stride across the room.
The door swings open, and Rob steps into the condo.
Rob is my second cousin, as well as my second in command. He’s not quite as tall as I am, but he’s spent more time in the gym than most people I know, so you know he’s a formidable opponent before his first punch.
He makes it a few feet before he sees me. The gun in my hand halts him in place. “What happened?”
“My wife lives here now. You won’t just let yourself in again.”
He smirks. “Afraid I might see more than you want me to?”
“More thanyouwant you to.” I step closer. “Because if you ever see more than you should, your sight will be the first sense I take.”
He eyes me. “Alright, Boss. From now on, I knock.”
CHAPTER39
Val
The heavy bodysprawled across my back groans as my alarm blares from the nightstand.
“Turn it off.” The sleep-soaked voice scrapes across my nerves.
No one should sound so sexy the moment they wake up.
I reach out with my left hand to grab my phone, but I can’t reach it.
I stretch, but Dominic’s weight is pinning me in place.
