AUSTIN’S POV
Work was a blur that morning. Numbers floated across my screen, client messages buzzed through my phone and still I couldn’t stop thinking about her.
Zoe, My wife. The woman I had spent nearly every day with for the past several months. But last night… Last night changed everything.
I’d been holding back unsure of how to define what we had. It started with the pretenses of convenience, Jamie and grief. But last night wasn’t convenient. It was real. Her eyes searching mine, her fingers trembling slightly as they touched my face, the vulnerability and boldness of her kiss… all of it lingered with me, as if her presence had sunk into my skin.
And it was she who made the move.
That surprised me most. It told me she was finally letting me in, trusting me enough to make this re
