Page 36 of His Secret

“Not really. But there’s a lot of apps. I’m sure something will work eventually.”

“What apps do you use?” I ask Matías.

“You’re on dating apps?” Drew asks.

“I don’t think our apps would be the same,” he tells him with a grin.

“Oh, right. Is it easier? I’d assume all guys are pretty straightforward about what they want or what they’re looking for.”

“You’d think,” Matías answers before taking a sip. “I have a specific type I look for now, so you’re right, the apps help filtering. I put in what I’m looking for, and I can go to their profiles to see if they fit before I waste time sending a message.”

“What about you?” Drew turns his attention to me.

“Oh.” I sit up a little. “I’m married, so no apps for me.”

“How’d you meet her?” Drew asks, and suddenly I want him to leave because I don’t want to have this conversation right now.

“Through my dad, actually. His business partner had a daughter, and we were introduced.”

“Some people just get lucky, I guess,” he says.

“Mm,” Matías murmurs, nodding his head.

Andrea returns. “I need to start heading back. My kid is sick.”

She digs into her purse and pulls out her wallet.

“I’ll get it,” Matías offers, holding up his hand. “I hope your kid feels better soon.”

“Thank you.”

Andrea and Drew both shake our hands and leave the restaurant. I check the clock and see that it’s a quarter till eight. We won’t be home until after midnight, and I haven’t even checked in with my wife.

“I’m gonna use the bathroom.”

After I do my business and wash my hands, I pull out my phone and find a couple texts and a call from her. I forgot I turned off my ringer during the meetings.

I call her back and listen to it ring.

“Hello?”

“Hey. I didn’t get your messages until now. I turned off the ringer for the meeting and forgot to turn it back on.”

“That’s fine. Are you on your way home?”

“Not yet. We just got done eating dinner. We had missed lunch so we were all starving.”

“Oh okay. So you’ll be getting in late?”

“Yeah. Don’t feel like you have to wait up.”

“Okay. Well…” the line goes quiet.

“You there?”

“Yeah. Just be safe.”

“Will do. See you in the morning.”

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