“You didn’t go on a honeymoon?”
“The marriage went so quickly. It was like one moment we were engaged, the next, we were married. I never gave it a thought.”
Bruce whistled.
“Did you and Patricia go on a honeymoon?”
“Yes. I got her all to myself for two weeks. We made love, ate, had fun, and made love a lot more.”
He needed to get them both on a honeymoon. Shaun was determined to fix his broken marriage. No, his marriage wasn’t broken. It hadn’t even started.
“I’ll get you several brochures ordered so you can make a decision. My advice, find out where she wants to go first, and go there.”
Bruce left him alone, and Shaun went onto the internet, pulling up his wife’s blog page. Scrolling through the details, he tried to find any clue of where she’d love to go. There were several places she wanted to visit; Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, France, and the Caribbean. Damn, that wasn’t going to be easy. He couldn’t just pick one from all of them.
Bruce entered his office once again.
“You got them already.”
“Mrs. Woodside is outside.”
Standing up, he rounded his desk. “Send her in.”
Buttoning up his suit jacket, he didn’t like the unsettled feeling when it came to his woman. Addie was his woman, and he’d been acting like a complete jackass. She didn’t even think she liked sex, and it was all his fault. He’d made it bad, and not even tried to get through to her.
She had thought he was cheating on her with other women. There had to be a way to change her mind about him. He wasn’t the bad guy, or at least, he didn’t think he was.
No, he wasn’t the bad guy. They were working through their issues, and he was determined to make this a real marriage.
Addie entered his office, and to him, she was the most beautiful person he’d ever seen. From the moment he first saw her, he’d been infatuated with her. Evangeline had been wild, and he’d not liked her. He’d seen her greed, and the way she always wanted something that was taken.
Shaun wouldn’t break his marriage vows. It probably surprised a lot of people, but it was just something he couldn’t bring himself to do. His vows were sacred to him, completely.
“Hi,” she said.
“Did you see my support?” he asked.
“I did. I have to say, at first I was a little … upset.”
He wasn’t ready for that. He didn’t want her upset. “Why are you upset?” He watched her enter his office, and step up close to his chair.
She went to lower her bag and stopped. “May I?”
“Yes. This is half of yours.”
Shaun hadn’t wanted a prenuptial agreement, and it was part of merging his family with hers. Was their family going to come between them constantly?
Addie lowered the bag and untied her jacket.
“You can get comfortable,” he said.
He wanted her to be at ease in his company. They were husband and wife, not strangers.
She placed her coat with her jacket, and she was rubbing her hands together.
“Are you cold?”
“No. Just my hands. They’re always cold, and I always forget gloves.”