Chapter 100

The hours went by so quickly that Rose could barely catch her breath. Her long soak in the beautiful tub had been drawn out with Rob’s return, joining her and making it less of a clean soak than she had intended.

They had left the floor drenched and soapy and ended up trailing water and suds across the threshold into the open room and the bedroom rug. He was incorrigible. Her moans and cries were muffled purposely, aware that Abby’s room was closer up here, and she could not get the words ‘soundproofing’ out of her mind.

Locking Muffin in the bedroom after walking and feeding him and making sure he had everything he needed had taken only minutes. Calls to her parents to arrange the finer meeting details for later that night and seating plans. She had eaten a light meal to carry her to the evening buffet while Rob was taking a last-minute conference call downstairs, and Rose felt like the day was spinning away too fast.

The hairdresser had insisted on using one of