Chapter 154

We started with Chablis and oysters, our perennial favorite appetizer. We sat next to one another in a banquette that overlooked the dining room. I kept a hand on Kat's thigh and reveled in the warmth of having her so close to me.

"I feel like this is the way it was always meant to be between us," I said with satisfaction.

"I've never been happier in my life," she said. "But I've been thinking."

"Oh?" I said, looking at her and raising my eyebrows.

"What would you say if I decided to quit work after the divorce is final?" she asked.

"We've got more than enough money," I said. "If you don't want to? Why should you? The early mornings are killer."

"That," she said, "and I just feel like I could fill my time with other, more productive things."

"Like sucking my cock?" I said. We laughed.

"I was thinking of just