Chapter 99

Emmeline complied eagerly, her heart pounding in her chest at the reality of their situation.

“What about your wife?” she asked suddenly. “What if she comes looking for you?”

“You just remembered I have a wife? Where was that concern a few moments ago?” Zavian’s response was laced with a hint of sarcasm.

“I... I don’t know. But she could...”

“She won’t,” he assured her, his fingers tracing small circles along her waist. “And if she did, I wouldn’t care.”

Emmeline separated his arm from her waist, lifting his wrist to her mouth. “Do you want your precious wife to become our unwanted audience?” she whispered with a grin, lightly kissing his wrist.

Zavian let out a low groan at the sensation her lips invoked. “You’re trouble, Emmeline,” he said with humor, but there was something deeper, a glint of melancholy lacing his words.

“What you see isn’t always the truth. Some people... well, things behind closed doors are different.” His cryptic words