Page 133 of Outside The Wire

“Aside from the dead wife thing.”

Her head popped up and she grinned. “I think even Hallmark would write that into one of their stories. It makes a nice twist.”

I huffed out a laugh at her version of a “nice twist”.

“So, what happens now?”

I sighed heavily. “The last thing I want to do is talk about Jade while I’m in bed with you.”

“I know, but I need to know what happens.”

“Well, I need to get a lawyer and find out how to proceed. She was legally dead. I don’t know if I need to get a divorce or…if the marriage is over. I’ve never been in this situation before.”

“And if you are still married?”

“Then I’ll get divorced as quickly as possible.”

She swiveled her head to look up at me. “Do you think she’ll cause any problems?”

I thought about our conversation and shook my head. “No. I think she understood that I was done with everything. She seemed resigned.”

“I hope so,” she murmured quietly. “I can’t imagine what she’s going through, but…”

“But what?”

“But you’re mine.”

A smile touched my lips and I pressed a kiss to her forehead. “I like you all territorial.”

“Yeah, well…I’m not a fighter by nature, but I’ll do my best for you.”

“I appreciate that. Just do me a favor and don’t put on any boxing gloves just yet. I’m pretty sure we can settle this without any fights breaking out.”

“I’ll do my best, but I make no promises,” she grumbled.

I chuckled and pulled her closer. “Get some sleep. We only have a few hours before we have to get up for work.”

“Ugh. Work. That sounds terrible,” she mumbled. “Why did I decide to own a business? I can’t call in sick.”

“You’re the boss. You can do anything.”

“I’m pretty sure all this back and forth is driving Noelle crazy,” she giggled.

“I’ll make it up to her.”

She turned and looked up at me. “How’s that?”

My lips turned up as a plan came to mind. “Just wait. It’ll be good.”

“Areyou back to following me wherever I go?” I asked Chase as I walked into work.

“I don’t really have a choice if I want to talk to you. It’s not like you were at home last night.”

“That’s because I was making up with my girlfriend.”

He nodded, holding the door open as I headed into the break room. “I thought you looked a little happier this morning. Does that mean you patched things up with Holly?”

“Yep.”

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