Chapter 18. Not a Gentleman

ERIC's POV

I paced around the room resisting the urge to knock on the bathroom door. She was taking a long time to come out and I was getting worried. She wasn't crying again in there, was she? Almost twenty minutes and she was still in there. How could she take that much time with such a little body?

The door finally opened and I turned around and watched her step out in a towel around her chest and head.

Mmm... not bad, she looked cute. I looked up at her and saw her blushing so hard with her head bowed. She wasn't expecting me to leave the room for her to get dressed, was she? Because I've never been a gentleman.

"Come here, wife." I beckoned to her and watched her take those slow steps toward me. I lifted her chin once she was close to me and searched her cat-shaped hazel eyes for any visible sign that she had cried again, but there were no signs that she had teared up. I for one was surprised, but then again, it felt good knowing that she hadn't.

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