Page 26 of A Secret Promise

Christmas?

Wedding?

Her...and Rule?

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Rule sat beside her on the steps, and Vixen could feel her cheeks turning hotter when his gaze turned curious.

"Everything alright, love?"

Her heart skipped a beat at the endearment Rule had used even as Vixen found herself biting her lip.

Things seemed to be moving too fast between Rule and her, but...at the same time, things felt so, so right as well. There was so much she wanted to ask him, but she also knew, before anything else, these were the same things she had to pray about.

And so until she heard clearly from Him...

I can't say anything just yet.

Vixen steered their conversation in a different direction instead, saying, "I didn't know how to tell you earlier..."

His gaze narrowed. "Is it Beatriz again?"

She nodded.

"Tell me everything."

"She was hurting, I think." Vixen chose her words with care, not wanting to lie but not wanting to paint the other woman in a bad light either. "I don't think she expected you to ask her to move out."

"I don't think it's proper for her to stay here, now that we're dating," Rule said curtly. "Do you think I should've handled it differently?"

"This is all new to me, too. But what I do know is that we can ask for an older or more experienced couple to mentor us?"

Rule frowned. "Couple counseling, you mean?"

"Something like that. But we don't need to do anything right away. We can andshouldpray about it first."

"Now that you've mentioned it..." A grimace flashed over his handsome features. "Maybe I wouldn't have lost my temper with Beatriz so easily if I had prayed about it first."

Vixen's lips pressed together in a straight line, but this proved futile in containing her joy.

"Why are you suddenly smiling like that?"

She quickly shook her head. "It's nothing."

"It has to be something for you to be still smiling like that."

Vixen squirmed under his thoughtful gaze.

Do I really have to tell him the truth, God?

His answer to this was loud and clear, and Vixen could already feel herself blushing as she turned to Rule. "The truth is..."

Oh, Father.

"I just love it so much whenever I hear you talk about praying."

Rule's eyes widened.

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