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It’s impossible to sleep with one eye open, what little I do sleep, which means, unless I keep a guard at my bedroom door all night, it’s possible she could slip in and actually attempt to kill me.
She probably wouldn’t go that far, but I won’t put anything past Sophie once she puts her mind to it. I think she can be nearly as ruthless as I can when necessary.
I haven’t forgotten her threat to also stab me in my dick if I step foot in her room. It’s the only reason why I haven’t gone looking for the knife my mother gave me. My wife has boundaries and I need to respect them. Some of them at least. Not going through her things is one of them I’ll uphold.
Since the night of her spanking, there hasn’t been a hint of Sophie fingering herself on the cameras, making me wonder if she doesn’t think about it obsessively like I do, or if she’s figured out some way to hide it from me.
Either way, my days and nights are spent being distracted by my infuriating wife.
The only good thing is that Warwick seemed happy enough with our photo op at the fundraiser. He’s still trying to convince the plaintiff’s counsel to try and settle before trial and told me to keep up the good publicity with my pretty new wife.
If Sophie goes to work with Julia Townsend’s charity, it could certainly help my image as well.
And I have no doubt that she’ll call the widow soon to join her cause.
Now if I could just find the fucking bomber to pin the catastrophe on them…
When my phone dings with a text message notification, I pause the replay on my tablet. Picking up the device, I read the short update from Lena bright and early Monday morning just as promised.
Her stepbrother has arrived on the court.
I quickly type back a response.
Keep a close eye on them. I’ll be there shortly.
Sophie
I was both equally surprised that Cole not only showed up to play tennis with me Monday morning as we agreed, but that Lochlan didn’t have the guards immediately send him away.
The day is already warming up by the time we finish our first match with me winning two out of three sets, trying to take it easy on my stepbrother who is rusty.
“Water break?” Cole suggests, swiping his forearm across his sweaty forehead.
“Yes, please,” I easily agree.
Strolling over to the fence surrounding the court, I bend down and pick up my stainless-steel gallon water jug to take a big swig. I love it because it will stay cold for two whole days despite the temperature outdoors.
Following behind me, Cole clears his throat. “Ah, Sophie, I hope you don’t take this the wrong way, like I’m perving on you or whatever, but what the hell happened to your ass?”
“What are you…”
Oh, shit.
I freeze with my jug halfway to my mouth for another sip when I realize what he’s referring to. He must have seen some of the lower belt marks Lochlan made Thursday night when I bent over to pick up my water.
Glancing over my shoulder, I find Cole’s head cocked to one side, still trying to see the marks. Spinning around to face him, and to remove the evidence of my punishment, I cut my eyes to Lena and Toni. Seeing their rapt attention on us, I wave innocently at them while whisper-yelling to him, “Stop looking at my ass! He’ll see you on the surveillance cameras and he’ll be furious.”
“He being Lochlan?” Cole asks when he comes closer.
“Yes,” I answer then offer him my jug of water since he only brought a small water bottle that he finished off the first fifteen minutes.
Cole takes the jug but doesn’t drink from it, his brow still furrowed in thought. “Lochlan did that to you? With what? A belt?”
When he tries to slip around me to see it again, I walk backward until my back hits the fence, rattling it.
“Everything okay?” Lena calls out.
“Yep!” I assure her before turning back to my too-curious-for-his-own-good stepbrother. “You can’t look at my ass, Cole!” As soon as his name leaves my mouth, I slap my palm over it. I have to be more careful. I’m not sure if the cameras are too far away to pick up audio or not. Or if Lochlan will punish me for saying another man’s name even if he’s not present. After all, that’s what left me with the marks…and turned into me coming on Lochlan’s tongue then refusing to let him inside of me.
