Page 85 of The Wife Situation

Lexi

Smart woman. Thank you.

Remi

I hope to see you soon!

Lexi

We’ll see. I might have someone I want y’all to meet.

Remi

Girl, don’t get my hopes up! I’ll stick my boot up your ass.

I tuck my phone in my pocket and move to the mirror. I feel like I’m floating, but that happens anytime I’m around him for too long.

I will keep my end of the bargain.

I have to.

After I feel a bit calmer, I return to Easton.

“You okay?”

“Great,” I say, smiling.

Easton carries our baskets to the front counter.

Frankie waves at us. “Bye! Hope to see you again, Lexi!”

“You will,” I tell him.

We leave, the bell on the door clanging our departure before we get in the car that waited for us.

“My father called. I took two weeks off to be with you, Lexi,” he says as we zoom off. “Ready for an adventure?”

“I’ll go anywhere with you.”

This pleases him, but he turns away so I can’t see his reaction. However, I can see him holding back a grin in the window’s reflection.

I glance at the sunroof and open it, then stand to take in the city. I wave Easton up with me, and we stand beside each other, smiling.

“Have you ever done this before?” he asks.

“No,” I admit. “I saw it in a movie once.”

He studies my lips, touching my cheek, and I melt into him. I swallow, noticing our breaths growing more ragged.

“Are you going to kiss me?”

“No,” he says in a low voice. “Not this time.”

I smile. “Too bad. Might’ve been magical.”

My hair whips around in the wind, and when we pick up speed, Easton pulls me down with him.

Twenty minutes later, the car comes to a stop. When the door opens, I see we’re at an airport, and there’s a private jet waiting on the tarmac with the stairs down.

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