Part-Time Husband by Noelle Adams

Author:Noelle Adams [Adams, Noelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: marriage of convenience
Publisher: Noelle Adams
Published: 2018-05-29T04:00:00+00:00

I TAKE A SHOWER AND resist the urge to crawl back in bed with Trevor afterward. Instead, I make coffee and get out my laptop like the sensible woman I am.

I’ve been up for about forty-five minutes when Trevor comes into the kitchen.

He’s already showered and dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. He hasn’t shaved today. He gives me a lazy smile.

As he drinks his coffee, he asks, “What do you have planned for today?”

“Nothing really.”

“What about your top three for today?” He always asks about my top three. Every single day.

I open my planner to today’s date and show him the three items, all of them already crossed off. They were all small, and I did them first thing by email.

“I might go into work for a while,” I say as he scans the page.

“Why? Are you behind on things?”

“No. Not really.”

“Then don’t go into work.”

“Why not?” It’s a real question, not an argument. I don’t have a particular investment in going in to work today, but I want to know why he doesn’t think I should.

“Because it’s Saturday and you don’t need to work. It’s going to be really nice outside. You should come to the lake with me.”

I put down my coffee cup and straighten up on my stool. “You’re going to the lake?”

“Yeah. With my folks.”

“You’re going to the lake with your parents?”

He frowns. “Didn’t we cover this?”

“Yeah. I just didn’t know you did that.”

Now he’s frowning even more, like he’s confused. “Well, we don’t go to the lake every Saturday, but we do when it’s nice.”

I blink. “You mean you spend every Saturday with your parents?”

“Yes. Of course. Where did you think I go every Saturday?”

I’m more rattled than I should be and partly because Trevor looks so bewildered. “I don’t know. I didn’t know where you went. You never said.”

“So for the two months we’ve been married you thought I just disappeared for an entire day every week, and you never asked where I went?”

“I thought you didn’t want me to know. I didn’t know you were just with your parents.”

He gives an odd little huff that’s more irony than laughter. “Well, I hope you’re not disappointed that I’m not more nefarious. But I just hang out with my folks on Saturdays.”

“I’m not disappointed.”

I’m confused and still rattled and strangely fluttery but definitely not disappointed.

“So you’ll come to the lake with us today?”

“Oh.” I check his expression, and he looks mostly casual, but there’s also something else, something waiting, like my answer will matter to him. “I guess so, if you don’t mind my crashing the party.”

His face relaxes, and I realize that this is the answer he wanted. He actually wants me to go with him. “I wouldn’t have asked if I hadn’t wanted you to come.”

“Okay. I will then. Your parents won’t mind?”

“They’ll be thrilled.” He clears his throat. “You, uh, will have to put up with some talk from my mom. She’s probably going to say things about us.”

“About us?”

“About you and me.

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