On a typical pre-Will evening, Merry had worked late or taken an evening yoga class, had drinks with her friends, taught at the community college, or volunteered at her favorite charity, the Star Bright Shelter for Teens. Sometimes all of the above in a single night because she liked to keep busy.
Post-Will, all of those things were getting neglected. All she wanted to do was race home, pick up some takeout—because they'd need fuel—and spend the entire evening in bed with the phenomenally talented and hellaciously hot Deputy Slow-mo. And yes, she finally saw the advantage of Will's thorough and meticulous attention to detail.
For the first time in her life, she didn't want to be at work. At the paper, she was banned from working on the story she wanted to work on. And she hated the story
