Page 56 of Drake Eternal

I frowned.

Then it hit me — of course. Drake got cut when we were first together that left a two-inch scar just above his navel. It was so familiar to me, I didn’t even notice.

“The bitch sent it to you to hurt you, make you think we were having an affair now in revenge for me having her fired. When did you get it? What day?”

I took back the cell, a feeling of relief flooding over me. I went through my emails and there it was — the email from RiotGrrl21. I showed him the date and the email which said What an amazing lover - he really is Dr. Dangerous. Look at that cock - even soft it’s magnificent…

“I had a friend at work check it out, to see if he could find out anything about when the photo was taken, but he hasn’t gotten back to me.”

Drake pulled me closer, the expression on his face serious. “And you actually thought the photo may have been taken while I was here?”

“I tried not to think about it. I never worried about you being away, but then I get this photo and of course, I thought maybe you were unhappy because our sex life isn’t as…” I hesitated. “You know. Not as frequent as before.”

I felt tears spring to my eyes and kicked myself mentally for being so emotional.

Drake lifted my chin and looked deep into my eyes. “I would never, never, ever cheat on you. Never. You must believe me. You are my world. My universe. I am so happy to be with you, married to you. No other woman could ever come even close to you in my eyes, in my mind or in my heart.”

He kissed me and I felt both relief and regret that I had doubted him for even a moment.

The kiss ended and I wiped my eyes. “I thought that it had to be from before we met, but there was no way to know for sure. That’s why I asked my friend to check it out.”

“You should have asked me right away. If you would have sent it to me, I could have told you that it was from before we met. When I had a few encounters with Sam. Your fears would be gone.”

I exhaled heavily. “I didn’t want to bother you with something like this when you were literally saving people’s lives because of catastrophic flooding…”

“Nothing you do could bother me, especially if it’s something like this,” he said, pointing to the image. “My relationship with you is the single most important part of my life. Seriously. The most. Never doubt me for a moment. If something comes up or happens, you have to tell me about it right away. I don’t want you to ever worry and if you do, I want to ally those fears and worries right away because I will never — never — cheat on you.”

He held my chin in his hand and said those words while looking in my eyes.

I could tell he meant them.

It made my heart squeeze and relief to flood through me.

“I’m sorry I doubted you for even a moment.”

We kissed again.

Then, he shook his head. “Don’t feel bad. I have my own confession,” he said and showed me his own email on his cell.

Check out Page One. Quite the wife you got there…

Beneath the headline was the image of me with Carlton at the party.

“Oh, my God, Drake… I didn’t see that.” I took the cell and examined the photo. Carlton was leaning over me almost possessively. I remembered the night in question and how I had tried to get away from him, but he felt a kind of ownership of me because he hired me.

“That bastard,” I said and shook my head. “I never checked Page One because I was so glad to finally get my article finished and submitted. There were photographers at the party, and I should have known they’d use whatever they could to generate headlines. This never showed up in the actual paper online though. Someone from the paper must have sent this.”

I glanced at Drake, who nodded in agreement.

“Someone like Carlton Page perhaps?”

“Or one of the photographers. Or someone who doesn’t like me and wanted to cause problems. Did you think something was going on between us?”

He shook his head. “No. I did think that maybe you needed security to protect you, just in case someone was watching you, so I hired Kyle to put some guys on you while you were still in Brooklyn until you left.”

I felt a shock at that admission. “That must have been who I thought I saw following me… I called Kyle to ask if he could put someone on us, too.”

Drake smiled at that. “I know. Kyle told me.”

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