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“Yeah, he’s one of the good ones.”
“Good ones?”
“Doesn’t take bribes, have mistresses, that sort of thing.”
“So if he knew the business you were in, would he want you here?”
“He knows.”
“And he doesn’t report you?”
“He’s righteous, but he’s not a rat.” He finished his champagne with a grimace and set it on an empty tray carried by a passing waiter. “Hungry?”
“Sure.”
We moved to an empty table, and Axel pulled out the chair for me. “I’ll be back.” He walked to the buffet line and took two plates, snagging a couple small appetizers before he returned. “I have no idea what any of this is, so I grabbed it all.”
“Looks good.” It was an assortment of small bites, brie backed in a delicate pastry, mini beef Wellingtons, and bacon-wrapped scallops.
His arm rested over the back of my chair, and he took a bite here and there but didn’t seem hungry because he didn’t scarf down his food like he normally did. “Not as good as your stuff.”
“You don’t have to compliment my food every time we eat.”
“I mean it.”
“But if you enjoy other food, it doesn’t mean you’re betraying me.”
He smirked. “I could eat your food for every meal for the rest of my life. Same goes for your pussy.”
I gave him a smack. “We’re in public.”
“So?” The grin remained. “No one heard me.”
“You don’t know that.”
“And I don’t care if they did.”
“Well, I care.” I dropped my voice to a whisper. “Don’t want people to overhear us talking about mygirl.”
“Your girl?” he asked. “She’smygirl.”
“Don’t be crude. We’re at a party.”
“You think that’s crude? I’ll take you into a guest bedroom and show you crude.”
I smacked him in the arm. “My god.”
His fingers touched my hair as he sat beside me, gently running through the strands. “I’m married to the woman of my dreams. Of course my dick is going to be hard all the time.”
“Let’s stop saying dick and pussy and everything else in between.”
His smirk remained like he was having the time of his life. “What do you want me to say? I’m fucking happy.” He glanced across the room, looked at the people as they mingled and drank, as they enjoyed the music.
I stared at the side of his face, his words sinking into me like pieces of metal. My heart tightened in my chest, giving a dull ache that interrupted my breathing. I could see the slight smile on his lips, see the joy in his eyes. Last time we’d gone to a party, his parents had been there, making their disownment veryapparent. He was miserable. But now…he was a different man. “Why?”
“Come on, baby. Don’t play dumb.” He turned to look at me straight on. “You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me.” The slight smile on his lips slowly faded as he continued to look at my expression.
I didn’t know how I looked, but I must have looked less than happy at that announcement. I felt trapped, restrained by invisible ropes that bound me in place, that prohibited me from being free. My heart wanted to sing and dance, to let him deep inside me, to know me the way he used to…but I just couldn’t.
