Page 112 of His Wild Seduction

Little Red

I miss you. I love you, Husband.

Big Bad Wolf

Just a few more days, Wife.

I closed my eyes and kissed the screen, feeling anything but stupid.

No, he didn’t say he loved me back every time we texted or talked. But I felt it.

The weight and warmth of his love was like a living thing, and it wrapped around me in his absence.

I couldn’t wait for Josef to come home.

Meanwhile, I had work and sourdough starter to feed.

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

JOSEF

The clean up crew I’d brought with us were almost finished destroying all evidence of our being anywhere near the resident of the former army general who thought he could shake more money out of Volkov Industries than he was worth.

Sometimes it was simpler and better to just take out the trash.

Adrik and Marat were eager to return home, and so was I. We just had to wait for the new party in charge to reopen the mines before we left.

Should be any minute now.

The flight home would take eleven hours, and I felt tired and irritable.

“You ready to leave?” Adrik asked, walking towards me with his Ruger still in his hand.

I nodded. Fuck yes, I was ready to leave. Ready to get back to my Little Red.

Marat followed behind his brother, his cell phone pressed against his ear. The smile on his face let me know he was talking to Destiny.

Good idea.

I dialed the number for my wife eager to hear her voice.

“Hello, this is Meredith.”

“Hey,” I said when she answered.

“Josef!”

“I just wanted to let you know we’re leaving in a little while. Should be back by dinner.”

“Oh, that’s great! Oh, um, what time?”

“About six. Why? You got a date, Wife?” I asked only half-kidding.

“Don’t be silly. I’ll be home by then. We’re driving Ellie and her son to the offsite house in Morristown.”

“You personally?”

“Yeah, I told you about it.”

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