Page 86 of Golden Rule

“Understood. We’ll head out now.”

He nods, but the next second, his gaze shifts down and mine follows, realizing he can see just enough of my lowered zipperto know my pants are undone. His expressions shifts as he connects the dots.

“May I see some ID, ma’am?” he asks, and Blue doesn’t hesitate, removing it from the back of her phone case where she keeps it for convenience.

“Sure. Here you go.”

The officer studies it for a bit, then hands it back. “Sorry about that, Mrs. Golden. I just had to make sure this wasn’t… well… something else.”

Yeah, he was definitely making sure my wife isn’t a sex worker.

“You folks have a good evening, you hear? Be safe.”

I nod. “You do the same, Sir.”

He gives the truck a onceover as he returns to his cruiser, and I’m smiling at Blue the second he climbs back in.

“He totally just checked to make sure I… to make sure you…” she stammers.

I’m already nodding, confirming that hedid,in fact, just check to make sure she was my wife and hadn’t just been paid for her services.

Her mouth falls completely open as shock sets in, and the sight of it makes me laugh even harder.

“West! That’s not funny!”

I’m not surprised when she slaps my chest, but the sound of her own laughter follows.

I straighten my expression, doing my best to stop smiling. “You’re right. I’m sorry.”

She lets me bring her closer, planting a kiss in the middle of her forehead.

“Come on, let’s get your meds and go home before we get arrested for indecent exposure or something.”

She tries to hold back her smile, but it doesn’t work.

“We’re tellingnoone about this,” she says, an air of warning in her tone.

“Are you kidding me? The crew can’tnotknow. You’d really deprive our friends of a story like this? That’s almost criminal.”

She attempts to slap my chest again, but this time I catch her hand midair, placing a kiss on the back of it. I keep it, clutching it as we drive, and I swear I’m just as into her, just as fuckingobsessedwith her as I was when I first had the privilege to call her mine.

The strength of this feeling, along with the strength of our bond, settles the last of my discontentment from the meeting. I’m committed to making this project as smooth and easy for her as it can possibly be, because that’s all she deserves.

The best of everything.

@QweenPandora:

Uh oh!

Did #KingMidas and #NewGirl have a little run-in with the law? They’ve been spotted parked in an alley, chatting it up with a concerned officer. No details on what the offense was, but you know I’ll have my ear to the ground for answers.

Thanks for the scoop…

Later, peeps :)

—P

Chapter Twenty-Six

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