While he stroked her back, she felt her husband return to her. His mood wasn’t as black now that they were holding each other. “I’m sorry that we scared you. When you got here, I know you must have been terrified. If you hadn’t gotten all belligerent, we might not be here today. You’re timid and tenacious, I don’t understand the combination, but it works. You’re nothing but contradictions, I never know what you’ll say or do, all I know is that I need to keep you.”
“You never have to worry about that. We’re married.”
“But if you go to the media and sell the story, how can I protect you, shy? How can I protect us?”
It had been a major deal for him to sleep with her, and that was private and pleasurable. The only reason he’d returned to work at KC and taken such an active role in the merge
