Uncharted (Jersey Girls Book 3) by Lisa-Marie Cabrelli

Author:Lisa-Marie Cabrelli [Cabrelli, Lisa-Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Galahad Press
Published: 2017-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

28

Sally – The Gift

“You look tired, babe.” Tod sat down next to Sally on the couch and handed her a glass of wine as he propped his feet up on the coffee table.

She smiled at him weakly. “Thanks, those words are exactly what I want to hear from my husband, who I haven’t seen in twenty-four hours. Glad you are swept away by my beauty.” She was grumpy and trying to rile him, but he wouldn’t be baited. He just laughed.

“Babe, I’m always swept away by your beauty. Even if you didn’t sleep for a month, you'd still be stunning, and I’d still want to drag you to my bed.” He turned slightly and nuzzled into her neck. His lips grabbed her earlobe, which he nibbled gently before whispering into her ear, “I could drag you to my bed right now?”

Sally put her hand on his side and gave him a shove. He jumped back, still laughing. He couldn’t stand it when she touched his ribs with intent; he was so ticklish.

“I thought you didn’t want to ‘conquer.’” She sipped her wine and checked his expression from the corner of her eye. He just looked confused.

“What?”

“Wouldn’t it be hard to take me to your bed now that I’ve ‘slipped away?’” She put air quotes around the words. Who knew if it was the correct usage of air quotes, but she felt they were necessary, and they gave her a sense of self-satisfaction. She was going to have it out with him today, once and for all, and get everything out in the open. She was too tired to fight anymore.

Tod just looked even more confused. He put his wine down on the coffee table and reached over to lay the flat of his palm against her forehead. “Seriously, Sally, you don’t look well, and now you’re talking gibberish. Are you alright?”

Sally pushed his hand away, stood, and walked toward the large, marble island separating the living room from the kitchen. She loved this loft—it was her dream apartment. Oh God, if Tod left her for being such a bitch, she was going to end up in a grungy, stale-smelling studio over by the projects. It would be the most she could afford without her job or Claire as a roommate.

“You said I'd slipped away from you. You said you didn’t like me now that I wanted to divide and conquer. You said I was too ambitious. You want to leave me.”

Tod stood and moved quickly to the counter, taking Sally into his arms and hugging her tightly. He pressed his lips into her hair and firmly kissed her before he took a step back and looked her in the eyes. She could see the emotion clear on his face: he was confused and scared. He didn’t look mad, though, which was something.

When she dropped her head, he crouched down so he could look at her directly again. “When, baby? When do you think I said all of this stuff?”

She was crying now.

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