---POV Res---
---One Year Later---
“Why do you keep putting yourself through this?” I ruffled my hair in the mirror sitting behind my bureau while I listened to the same speech again.
I turned around in my stool and got up to my feet. When I made it to my pacing husband, I sighed. “Faron, honey…. Breathe. I will be protected. You know this. I will be back before you know it and I promise not to be late for the meeting.”
He sighed angrily and grazed his finger over the simple gold necklace with a diamond-studded ring adorned on it. I know he said my ring was my permanent collar, but he enjoyed seeing something around my neck all the time. I told him to find something I could wear in public – half joking – and I got this stunning piece of jewelry as a wedding present on the very steamy
