Page 14 of Keeping My Wife
She smiled. “You eat at the counter too?”
“Single person’s prerogative.”
She handed me a glass. “So, a woman plied you with food and you found your way to me?”
“Still stuck on that, huh?” I took a sip.
“No.”
I laughed. “A very sweet, very married woman gave it to me as a thank you for a job well done.”
“What kind of job?”
“You have a dirty mind.”I leaned on the marble and picked out a grape from the bunch, then watched her as I took a bite. “Good to know.” I said as the tart grape flooded my mouth.
“If we’re married, we have to make it convincing.”
I set the glass down and leaned a hip against the counter. “How convincing?”
She licked her lips and tore apart a piece of bread. “Exclusivity at the minimum.”
“I can handle that.” I took the other half of the piece from her and dunked it in the concoction. “Does this mean we play house too?”
Chapter 4
Maxie
My heart flippedat his words.
“Actually, yes.”
He paused with a chunk of bread at his lips. “You just like surprising me, don’t you?”
I laughed. “Well, we have to live together in the house. It’s one of the stipulations of the will.”
“Oh.” He popped the dripping bread in his mouth.
I nibbled on a corner of a piece of cheese. “Is that a deal breaker?”
“Not necessarily. I do have to spend a lot of time in my workshop. Is that all right?”
“That’s fine. You don’t have to spend all your time here.”
“Does that include a room upstairs?”
I licked my lips. “There are a few rooms you can choose from. I have to warn you, most of them need a lot of work.”
“I’m not afraid of work.”
“I don’t expect you to do work on your own time.”
“Just part of taking care of my wife.”
My stomach jittered. Why did he keep saying that?
I wasn’t even his wife yet.
“I don’t need you to take care of me. I just need you to be present enough to make sure that when the lawyer checks up on us it doesn’t look suspicious.”
