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“Don’t I always?”
Ez had always been my voice of reason up until Lucas. When I spiraled, I didn’t tell him or anyone. I wanted to lose control. I needed the highs and the lows. The launch and the crash. But that was then. Things were different now.
I had a wife.
I wouldn’t do that to her so no matter how much I knew I was struggling, I had to work my way through this and I would.
For her.
* * *
“I think red is my favorite color on you.” The color was a huge factor but the appeal was also thedress. The red satin material tied behind her neck and plunged low in the front, damn near to her navel, exposing the outline and curve of her breasts. It hugged her waist but flowed freely at the bottom, stopping just below her knees. Her hair was pinned up, with a few pieces framing her beautiful face so her neck, shoulders, and arms were also exposed.
A sea of brown that had my fingers itching to explore.
Everything about her was alluring. An unyielding temptation.
“AndIthink anything I wear is your favorite.”
“I won't disagree but if we’re taking it there, you wearing nothing will win my vote every time.”
She offered the faintest smirk before lifting a glass of wine to her nude glossed lips. “You’re very good for my ego.”
I chuckled, leaning back in my seat. “You don’t need me to stroke your ego, Cress. You’re very confident about who andwhatyou are.”
“Am I?”
She most certainly was so I countered, forcing her to be honest. “Aren’t you?”
Her smile bloomed wider. “Maybe, but that depends onwhatyou think I am.”
Mine.
My reason.
My lifeline.
“My wife.”
“It appears I am, aren’t I?” She lifted her hand and flexed her fingers. “And you’remyhusband.”
Her eyes lowered to the platinum band on my left hand. My thumb slipped under my fingers and brushed the bottom of the sleek metal. “For as long as you’ll allow me to be.”
She grinned and lifted her wine again. “You’re adorably naïve if you believe that either of us has an out.”
“How the fuck you put adorable and naïve in the same sentence referencing me? That right there might be my reason for an out.”
“Sorry, no outs with us, ever. I’ve always considered marriage as a one and done. It has to work, no matter what.”
“Even if you’re miserable?”
“I wouldn’t ever be miserable because for every problem, there’s a solution. It’s up to us to work together to find a middle ground.”
“And if we can’t then what?”
“Then you’ll be miserable because I refuse to be?” Her smile was sincere but also very confident which made me laugh.
