#Chapter 211 – Midnight Chats

“Well, you look happy,” Victor says to me, coming close when I walk back to the RV after hanging up with Bridgette. “So why am I wiping tears from your face?

He does just that as he says it, wiping my cheeks with his thumb, looking down into my face with concern on his.

“It’s nothing,” I say, trying to be encouraging. Then I lift my phone, which he can see has a couple tears on it as well. “I was just talking to Bridgette. Trying to help her get things sorted.”

“That was good of you,” Victor says, pulling me close. “Is she all right?”

“Yes,” I say, wrapping my arms around his waist and putting my head against his chest. “Um…”

I hear him laugh lightly at my hesitation. “What,” he says, pulling back and looking at me. “I know that pause means you’re up to something.”

“Um,” I say again, biting my lip and then smiling innocently. “I kind of gave her…a lot of money. Everything I took out of the account when I left with Ian.”

Victor laughs at that, shaking his head, dismissing it. “That’s fine. Did you think I’d be mad? We’ll take it out of Rafe’s pay.”

I burst into a smile, but then, pleased to think we had the same thought. But, when I consider his words further, I frown and narrow my eyes.

“What?” he asks again, smirking, looking at me in wonder. “What could you possibly be mad about now?”

“Why aren’t you madder that I gave away all that money? I mean, it was a lot of money.”

Victor just grins at me.

“Wait,” I narrow my eyes further, pointing an accusatory finger at him. “Is that not a lot of money to you? How rich are you?”

He laughs harder at that, pulling away from me and grabbing my hand, tugging me back towards the RV.

“Seriously!” I exclaim, letting him pull me. “Did you only give me a pittance of your actual wealth in my account? Did you give me chump change!?”

you

rich then it is rude of you to only give me a little bit! Divorce

RV. Before I can step inside, he pulls me tightly against him. “To get

I say, narrowing my eyes at him. “I’ll marry you, just to divorce you, just to get half, and then I’ll know

his voice

quirking an ironic brow. He opens his mouth to respond but I shut him up, swiftly wrapping a hand around the back of

long one

a breathlessness that comes too soon. And it was not born of desire

see that his eyes are just as worried as mine in that moment,

strength rapidly, and he knows it just as well as I. But neither of us wants to face it right

looking towards

hand and stepping close to him. I’m not hungry, but I want to sit down with my family and

scarfed down enough that they left the plates clean, even though Victor and I hadn’t taken much food onto ours. They didn’t notice, but Stephen

Instead, I pack the boys off to bed and Stephen

boys are tucked in, their noise-cancelling headphones on while they watch shows on their

at him. “That the big bad Alpha knows how to do dishes.

me as he grins a little, pleased with himself. “The Navy teaches all

really?” I ask, my eyebrows up. “And were you a dishwasher for long before they put you in SEAL

towel as he comes over to me. “They saw my potential almost immediately. Packed

comes and takes me in his arms then, pulling me back on the lounge that would soon be

to let my eyes linger on his beautiful face. “It would be useful to have a housekeeper with all of

you say that,” Victor murmurs, closing his eyes and enjoying the sensation of my fingers against his

continue

“I was thinking

say, surprised, sitting back

his eyes, wondering

you want to like…ship our six-year-old son

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