Chapter Six
Kali
I hear Lora running up the stairs she pauses in the doorway, looking me over, looking for injuries. Not finding any. Coming into the room and pulling me into a hug.
‘I’m so sorry, Lo,’ I say as fresh tears spring to my eyes.
‘You never owe me any apologies, Cupcake.’ She squeezes me hard to her. ‘I’ve never seen Noah so scared and angry in all my life. I thought he was going to kill him.’
‘I thought I was going to kill him,’ I confess.
‘We’d have helped you get rid of his body if you did, but it’s probably for the best that you didn’t.’
I start to laugh, right up from my belly. ‘Cup of tea?’ I ask once the laughter dies down.
‘I want something stronger than tea, babe. Judd and Rhys are here, I should probably send them home, huh. Oh,’ she says when she sees my confused expression. ‘Noah called us when he realised something was wrong, told me to bring Judd and Rhys. Judd didn’t even lock up; we just ran out to his truck and piled in.’
‘Thanks for saving me, again,’ I say.
‘No thanks needed. You can pay for the next bottle of Pinot-noir.’
‘You mean pee-not-noyr, babe,’ I reply as she pulls me up from the bed.
‘You know you’re going to have to move in with Noah, right? Because I’m not letting him move in here.’
‘What do you mean?’
‘He is never going to let you out of his sight again,’ she says, shaking her head.
Noah
I spend the early hours of the morning on the phone to the mainland, agreeing to escort Kali’s ex-husband back myself on the first available ferry. He has done nothing but spout crap the entire time I’ve been in his line of sight, so I’ve left him in the lock-up and shut the blinds to my office. I can’t wrap my head around someone being so full of hate for someone as wonderful as Kali. But then some men are just that cowardly, that afraid of a woman’s power that the only way they can feel good about themselves is by making women feel like less.
I just want him off the island for good.
Frustration almost strangles me. It’s because of him that I’ll never be able to marry the woman of my dreams. I don’t want Kali to ever feel trapped or stuck because she is married to me. I only want her to be safe and happy, and that might mean stepping back for good.