Mr. Wrong by Rebecca Royce

Author:Rebecca Royce [Rebecca Royce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-09-15T07:00:00+00:00

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Dahlia stared at Duke. They were supposed to be sharing a meal. He was trying some new recipes and wanted her opinion. She could barely taste the food. In her pocket, burning a hole through her soul, was Cristian’s credit card. He’d dropped the plastic, or at least she assumed he had, when he’d pulled out his card.

She should have called him and told him to cancel the numbers. Or stuck the thing in the mail. Only she didn’t want to. What she really wished was to put herself in the car and drive to Houston and deliver the card herself.

The look on his face when she’d spoken in the coffee house and again in the car…ate away at her. All she’d wanted for so long was to make Cristian happy. He always stared at her with so much love in his eyes.

Getting married had been a whim. They’d both been barely twenty years old. She’d suggested they wed on night when they did their typical imaginings of what life would be when some day they were legally bound.

“Why wait?” she asked, running her hands along his strong legs. He’d started to become so buff. She needed to start working out if she wanted to look good standing next to him. She needed a cold shower whenever she thought about being naked with him. The sex had started to be really, really good… “Why not marry immediately? Where is it written our union has to be after college? We could go off tonight and return after as husband and wife. The university has housing for married couples.”

The idea had been so out there. She’d expected him to laugh. Cristian planned everything to the smallest details. When he tried to do something spontaneous or out of character, he screwed the whole thing to pieces.

He’d stood, put on his pants, and they’d gone off and married. Driven all the way to Vegas and been married within moments of arriving. She rubbed her finger where her wedding ring had once sat, showing her commitment to Cristian to the entire world. Their families had been utterly shocked. For their fifth anniversary, he’d given her a 2.7 carat princess-cut diamond. Big enough people notice, small enough no one will think to follow you home and rob us.

She smiled at the memory. The way Cristian spoke…

“Hello.” Duke waved in front of her eyes. “Do you enjoy the cutlet or don’t you? Where is your head?” His usually chipper face scrunched in a scowl. “As if I need to ask.”

“Our livelihoods keep catching on fire and I saw my ex-husband. I think I’m allowed to be distracted.” And why did he have to make her pain about him? She understood Duke wanted to change things with their relationship. Only she really wasn’t in the mood for another round. “The cutlet was delicious. Everything you make is. Are you being really artsy about the cutlet and need reassurance?”

He took a sip of his wine, a challenge in the glint in his gaze.

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