I leaned forward, allowing one spaghetti hand of my dress to slip down my shoulders. “You’re the one tempting yourself, husband.”
He bit his lower lip looking at me with a dare in his eyes. I stared right back. He claimed to know me, he knew I would always be game.
“This round,” he said reluctantly, “I’ll let you have this round.”
Laughing, I fell on top of his legs. “What do you mean? I’m sure there were no rounds this time.”
“Fucking tease.”
I stood up and went to the bathroom, swinging my hips because I knew his eyes would be trained on them.
We decided on a mansion in the Hamptons. A grand house with almost twenty rooms, all of which were up to my standard. I made the realtor bring me pictures of every room in every property I considered and ended up with the best mansion in my opinion.
Alex decided to buy the mansion next door and merge both properties to build a large compound for both our families to live and run our businesses from.
Helena Sorvino was the most excited, about the whole thing.
She’d never called me so much before.
To celebrate finally dealing with the housing problem, Alex and I decided to host a small party for all our family and friends.
Samantha and Paulina were a lot better, happier too. I was already gearing up to help Paulina get her gigs back. There had been calls, and maybe a few tense conversations, but it wouldn’t be anything permanent, she’d get back on track.
She was beautiful and talented, just that the Trievs had managed to slow down her career pace.
There were still injuries on her face, but they’d heal.
This page was over, and I’d never allow anything like it to repeat itself.
If ever a situation started to even warm up slightly, I would diffuse it. Like I could have at the club when I confronted Maxim the first time.
Even if it endangered me, I’d make sure I ended it quickly next time.
I looked at the hall, it was a lot bigger than I was used to. My dad was still unconscious, but he was fine and soon, he’d wake up.
“Is my wife smiling at herself because she’s realized how lucky she was to have married me?”
Alex came up behind me, brilliant in his beige suit. His stark black hair and green eyes sparkling under the light.
I did realize how lucky I was, even though he’d never hear it from me…not too often at least.
“I actually was just in fact, realizing how lucky you were that I agreed to marry you.”
He sucked in a breath and came to stand beside me so that he could watch the party together.
“I’m very sure, Arianna doesn’t think so.”
I drank from my champagne glass, catching Arianna complaining over a table of cards, Samantha and Paulina laughing their asses off at her. “I’m pretty sure it’s because Helena’s called me a hundred times in the past week.”
“Well, she does love the Hampton Mansion.”
“Of course, she does, Helena has great taste.”
“She said, actively avoiding her mother-in-law.”
I turned to him and looked him up and down. “I’m very happy tonight, Ales.”
I said before I could manage the words.