Valentine Mine by Terri Anne Browning

Author:Terri Anne Browning [Browning, Terri Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

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My husband and our two best friends surprised me when they didn’t charge out of the house and bombard me with questions after Shaw had stormed off. My first thought was maybe she didn’t say anything to Luca or even Jagger.

And maybe pigs could actually learn to fly.

There was zero chance of that happening. Which confused me because no way would Luca not confront me when he found out what was going on in my head. And maybe, just maybe, I’d wanted Shaw to be the one to confess my inner turmoil to my husband so I didn’t have to.

Damn, I was such a pussy.

Luca took such good care of me that I’d gotten too reliant on it. We were so connected, he could fulfill my needs before I even knew what I needed. But he wouldn’t have ever thought that this was on my mind. Or to this extent. Communication was everything in a marriage—any relationship, for that matter. But I had definitely not been communicating.

Was he angry with me because I hadn’t been open about how I was feeling? Because I sure as hell was mad at myself for it. Yet I still couldn’t gather the courage to seek him out and unload the baggage that kept piling up inside my head.

Lyric, Maverick, and Gian came out onto the terrace where I’d remained with Mila, River, and Monroe. All three women had carefully changed the topic after the heaviness of our previous conversation. I didn’t think any of them knew what to say to be of any true help to me anyway.

My heart still ached for River and her confession. Now that I knew it was there, I couldn’t miss the tiny flicker of loss in her green eyes. As Maverick crossed to sit with her, they shared a look that spoke of how much they loved each other. But also, their shared loss.

Gian sat beside Monroe, pulling her legs across his lap as she tucked her head under his chin, snuggling close. They both reacted to seeing each other like it had been days instead of less than an hour since they’d last been together. But that was how it had always been anytime I’d been around the couple. For me, a casual acquaintance observing from the outside, they seemed to have a very codependent, obsession-driven relationship. Not necessarily toxic or even remotely unhealthy, but different from anything I’d ever seen before meeting them.

Since then, however, I’d gotten a glimpse of Ryan Vitucci with his wife, Nova. That relationship was on its own plane, separate from any other universe. Anytime I looked at Ryan, I got the sense that madness was just below the surface, and the only thing protecting the world at large from him was Nova.

Not that I would ever judge their relationships. Mine was bizarre, to say the least. Unconventional. I loved three people. My husband. My best friend. And her husband.

Lyric dropped a kiss on Mila’s lips before sitting down on the end of her lounger.

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