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Ben paused from taking a step and turned around, and she could see him looking at the scene in a different way. His head tilted, and he moved closer.

“Peter Abbott from Logan Private School?”

His eyes shifted to hers with a question in them, and she nodded.

“Can you go and put on some clothes, Bryce, and let us all sit down and talk?”

Bryce opened his mouth to argue, and Peter turned to him. “He now knows about us. I think it would be wise to have a discussion with him now and explain to him what just happened and why we need him to keep silent.” Peter sighed and then rubbed his hand over his bald scalp.

Bryce’s mouth firmed in a displeased line, and he nodded, cupping Peter’s jaw, kissing him on the lips, and then gave Ben a fierce, unwavering stare before turning and leaving the room.

Peter nodded. “I think I better go and change too. Good seeing you again, Ben.”

“Peter.” Ben acknowledged. His jaw clenching tight as he watched Peter walk away from them and into the room with Bryce.

Diamond moved toward Ben now and rose up on her toes, her hand now touching the red spot around his eye and jaw. His eyes lowered, watching her.

“This is going to turn into a beauty of a shiner. You forgot what Bryce is known for: his fists along with his athleticism, remember? Bryce could lay anyone flat without any effort, including you, even though you can box.”

“Take a seat and I will go and get you some ice.” She sighed when he didn’t say anything.

She pulled away, and then he grabbed her wrist.

“Don’t ever do this again, at least until the year is up.” He warned.

Anger and hurt swept through her.Cold, unfeeling bastard.

She marched back close to him and grabbed his nipples and squeezed lightly. His body jerked, and his eyes dilated; he let out a low, soft moan.

“You don’t own me; I can go and see whoever I want.” She whispered angrily, keeping her voice low so as to not antagonize Bryce anymore and getting into another fight with Ben.

She saw emotion flash in his eyes before he masked it, but what she’d seen gave her pause; he’d looked excited by what she did, but also hurt, and fear had come and gone in a blink of an eye, and if she’d not been so close, she would have missed it.

She began to realize that she needed to study her husband more closely. Ben wasn’t as closed off as everyone thought.

“I’m sorry, I should have called to let you know what I was doing.” But then she tweaked his nipples again, and he gave another excited sound.

“Once again, you have been an ass since we got married. If I wanted a marriage of convenience and to be ignored and bored out of my mind, I would have married Bryce.”

“Hey, I heard that.” Bryce shouted from his room.

Ben’s hands closed over hers. “Go and change and get your things; I don’t like seeing you like this in another man’s home.”

She almost growled in annoyance but remembered there was more than just Ben trying to own and control her, and she had a year to figure it out or leave.

As she made her way to Bryce’s guest bedroom to put on her clothes and grab her overnight bag. She’d only planned to stay the night before heading back to their home.

“Diamond.” She paused but didn’t turn.

“I won’t be ignoring you anymore.” She shivered because his words sounded like a sexual promise and a threat. She was already wet from when she’d gripped his piercings, knowing that doing that would cause him pleasure and pain.

If she’d thought they had time before Bryce came out, she would have taken Ben into the room and rode his dick until the sweet hunger between her legs was assuaged. Since getting here, she’d thought about nothing except getting home to him, but she needed to fix whatever was happening to Bryce. He was her first love and her best friend. They’d been together since she was a teenager, and he was a very important part of her life and always would be. She just had to convince Ben about it now, and maybe it would be easier now that he knew about Bryce and Peter.

Well, that idea flew out the window when she came out of the room seeing Bryce and Ben being held apart by Peter and hearing Ben’s last words.

“If you call her or try to see her, I will tell the press about your relationship with Senator Peter Abbott.”

“Okay, I think it is time for us to go.”