Page 112 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

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THE DAY IS YOUNG

“I’m nervous,” Angel said in their kitchen on Monday morning.

Coy turned from where he was making his coffee before they went to work. They’d been driving in together since she moved in a month ago too.

Things were great, but she realized that she never had space from her new husband.

Hmmm, was that a good or bad thing?

Guess they’d find out.

“Why are you nervous?” he asked.

“Because we are telling everyone we are married,” she said.

“So?” he said. “What’s the big deal? We are married. You’re my wife. Unless you’re embarrassed over it.”

“Wipe that smirk off your face,” she said, laughing. She dumped the rest of her tea. It wasn’t as good as coffee and she was going to make some decaf. The tea wasn’t cutting it.

“So you’re proud of it then,” he said, reaching his arm around her. “I know I am.”

“You’re trying to make me laugh,” she said, leaning in to kiss him.

“I am,” he said. “Relax. It’s not a big deal. We can make it fun.”

She frowned and grabbed her toast when it popped, then the Nutella. “If you say so.”

“Is that for me?” he asked, lifting his eyebrows.

She snorted and handed over the two pieces of toast that she’d prepared. “I didn’t know you liked this.”

“I’d never had it until you bought it. It’s good.”

She put two more pieces in the toaster and made her decaf coffee. “There, your wife just made you breakfast and I didn’t burn it. First chore of the day is done.”

He laughed. “What chore do I have to do for you today?”

“You can make my lunch,” she said. “Or better yet, you can buy lunch for me today.”

“I can do that,” he said. “Maybe I’ll do it for the whole office. You know, a little celebration. Make it fun. See?”

“Sure,” she said. “Fun.”

They finished their breakfast, left the house and drove to the practice together. As always, they were thirty minutes earlier than anyone else.

It felt nice to have their normal routine of walking around the building and turning everything on. Her diamond band flashed several times when the light hit it. How the hell could it not?

It hadn’t come off her hand once, but she knew that as she progressed in her pregnancy, chances are she wouldn’t be able to wear it and it was a sad thought that the symbol of her marriage would be off.

Silly on her part, but if she said anything, Coy would most likely go buy her a second ring and that wasn’t happening!

The two of them were in their office working like they normally were when staff started to come in.

Coy had gone in to get his second cup of coffee and she was making another cup of tea and hoping this one tasted better. Maybe a bit of creamer would help.

“Oh my God, did you get engaged?” Maria asked. She knew Maria and Sarah were the closest to Coy. The first ones to know about her relationship to Spencer and kept it quiet when they weren’t even asked to.

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