Still Waters by Rebecca Royce

Author:Rebecca Royce [Royce, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rebecca Royce
Published: 2019-01-20T16:00:00+00:00

10 The Other Side Of The Galaxy

Shane swung around in his seat to see me standing there. “Hey, it’s our wife.”

He held out his hand, and I walked toward him. I didn’t know how this had become so natural so quickly. This hadn’t been the norm for us, ever. I saw them at dinner, when they visited my bedroom, and events. I didn’t spend time with them or take Shane’s hand and walk over like it had been the most simple thing to do so.

I linked our fingers, and he tugged me close.

Chen wives leave their husbands alone, knowing they are always too busy to be bothered.

I hated hearing my mother-in-law in my head, like an infection I needed to get rid of. I rubbed my eyes with my free hand. “How’s it going in here?”

“Good. Hunter is having the time of his life.”

My other husband present grinned. “I may never leave this chair. There may be a permanent butt implant from me sitting on this chair. I mean, I need to get into the engine room so Shane will have to fly. Or Amari if he can separate himself from what he’s doing. Poor guy. Never takes a break. But other than that, after I have made myself fully acquainted with the workings of this spectacularly different vessel, then I am going to plant myself here.” He chewed on his lip. “Maybe you could plant yourself here with me.”

“Only when she isn’t with me.” Shane tugged me onto his lap, and I sat. He pressed his nose against my back and stayed like that. I wished I could turn to see what he was doing, but this was a nice moment. I didn’t want to ruin it.

Hunter nodded. “Fair enough. Think Amari will manage to untangle himself enough from that mess to come spend some time with our wife, too? Or might he look up, say, a year from now?”

My heart plummeted. That I was familiar with. We’d never had a honeymoon because work had been too pressing on Amari. Their mother had let me know in no uncertain terms that was to be expected. He ran an empire. Thousands upon thousands of people counted on him. I had to get in line. I had two other husbands who were being attentive but only because their personal jobs couldn’t be done from afar. They had to be present to do them. Back on Earth they were equally as busy. Could I do this again? Was I the kind of person who could be in a relationship and not be needy?

Everyone had to know themselves. That much I had realized in the years apart from them, in the years watching other relationships rise and fall. Sometimes people were needy. Was that who I was? Or could I get lost in the doctoring and look up when one of them was available and that suited me?

Was that enough for me? It would be for someone else. But me?

By the universe, what I wanted was to be adored like Paloma and Diana.

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