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“Oh, I’d love to Norma Jean, but until I relocate here permanently, it’s going to be impossible. But I’m sure I’ll see you at the next ball.”
The woman frowned and nodded.
“See you next time. Adrian, call me sometime,” she said. “We need to talk.”
Of course, they did. She wanted to tell Adrian to dump Madison. Not happening.
“Norma Jean, we’ve got nothing to talk about,” he said as he slipped on Madison’s coat.
The woman’s face turned a brilliant red and Madison feared she was going to have a stroke if they didn’t leave right away.
“Goodnight,” she told the woman as she placed her hand in Adrian’s and they walked away.
When they were safely in the truck, she laughed. “You know what she wanted to talk to you about?”
“No,” he said.
“She wants to warn you about me. Don’t be taken in by a lawyer, they know how to steal all your money,” she said laughing. “Also I’m sure she would tell you that you’re the love of her life and she can’t live without you.”
A groan resounded from him. “The only one I’m not worried about is the lawyer. The rest terrify me.”
She grinned in the darkened truck as they made their way back to his ranch. Tonight, she would stay with her mother. The thought of crawling into bed beside Adrian surprised her, but then again, it had been a fun evening.
And he’d been right. There were at least three women vying for his attention. At first, it had been hard to believe when he told his side, but tonight, she’d seen it firsthand. In some ways, she’d enjoyed telling each woman that her boyfriend did not dance with anyone other than her.
They had been shocked and then they grew angry before they stomped off, embarrassed. She didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, but she was laying ground rules and doing her job to keep them at bay.
But occasionally, she thought Adrian was kind of sad he couldn’t dance with the woman. What if he was truly interested in one of them?
“Are you certain you’re not attracted to or interested in any of these ladies?” she asked needing to know the truth.
Quickly, his head spun in her direction. “No, I’m not. Why would you ask me that question?”
“I just wanted to make certain I didn’t destroy a relationship that you later on would want to maybe create,” she said.
Sighing, he shook his head. “After my divorce, I made the decision I would never remarry.”
“That bad, huh?”
His eyes stayed on the road as he said, “I came home early one day and found them in bed together. In our bed having sex.”
Oh, that had to have hurt so badly. She’d worked a lot of infidelity divorce cases and they were the worst.
“Thank goodness you didn’t have any children,” she said. “That would have made it worse.”
There was silence in the truck as he drove on toward the ranch.
“Did you want children?”
“Yes,” he said. “Later, I learned that the reason she hadn’t gotten pregnant was because she was on the pill. She didn’t want children.”
That was tough. “I’m sorry.”
He shrugged. “One of the many reasons I will never marry again.”
And she couldn’t blame him.
They turned down the lane to the house. At the gate, it opened for him automatically.
