Paradise Syndrome (Cate & Kian Book 4) by Louise Hall

Author:Louise Hall [Hall, Louise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-10T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

A couple of days later, Seattle F.C had a home game but Cate was so mortified by how she’d behaved at Trent and Lena’s engagement party that she decided to stay home.

The children were asleep upstairs so she went outside to the dock and dangled her bare feet in the cold water of the Sound. She trailed her ankles through the murky depths feeling them gradually become numb.

Cate put the palms of her hands on the wooden slats and imagined lifting herself up and sinking down into the Sound, letting the tempting blackness swallow her whole. She looked at the cluster of rocks a little further along the coast and wondered just how many rocks she’d need to stuff her pockets with to ensure that she wouldn’t resurface again.

Maybe she’d be doing them all a favour? She thought about what Kian’s reptilian U.S. agent had said when she’d first arrived in Seattle. “I’m sure I don’t need to tell you this,” he’d remarked when Kian was out of earshot, “but your husband’s job pays the bills.” Cate had been too stunned to react; she’d just sat there with a fake smile plastered on her face. Yes, it was true but she’d never heard it put quite so bluntly before.

“Your job,” he’d ventured closer, making sure that nobody else in the room could hear him, “is to keep him happy.” Again, she knew he was right. That’s what good, little WAGS did – it was what separated the wives and fiancées from the “flavours of the month.” They blended into the background, taking care of the home and the children so that their husbands could focus all of their attention on sports.

Based on her performances since she’d moved to Seattle, if keeping her husband happy had been a real job, Cate would have been given her P45 (or the American equivalent) a long time ago. Kian was a lot of things right now but he definitely wasn’t happy. He was frustrated; she could see it burning in his almost-black eyes whenever she caught him looking at her. He was more than likely horny; she could barely remember the last time they’d made love. He was definitely angry; she’d embarrassed him in front of his team-mates at the engagement party.

The trouble was that Cate didn’t know how to make Kian happy anymore; she didn’t remember what being happy actually felt like.

She scooted forward on the dock, her calves sinking deeper into the icy-cold water. The numbness was a blessed relief. The water was so black that she couldn’t see her toes anymore.

As she lifted herself up off the dock, the baby kicked inside her womb. Cate sat down again with a thump and dropped her head in her hands. She’d been so entranced by the black nothingness that she’d forgotten that she was pregnant. “I’m sorry,” she whispered, rubbing her hands over her swollen belly, “I’m so sorry, sweetheart.”

Hot tears trickled down her cheeks. She felt even more like a failure.

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