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"But--"

He silences me with a kiss

A hard, brutal kiss followed by a lol only I can hear "Get your ass in the fucking car, Moira The sooner we get there, the sooner I can fuck my wife, okay?"

A bolt of lust sizzles through me, and I stupidly nod at him He pushes past me and heads toward the door I start to follow him blindly like the Pied Piper, but then I shake my head

"Wait," I yell at hioodbye"

Chapter 12

Zach

"Here's the key to your room, Mr Easton," the hotel clerk says "Fifteenth floor, 1588, ocean view, balcony I'll have the bellht away"

I take the sht shake of e I'll call e're ready for it"

"Yes, sir," the clerk says with a s look in his eyes

I want privacy with my wife, and I want it now

I hitch my leather carry-on satchel over my shoulder, because it has my laptop in it and that is needed sooner rather than later, and take Moira by the elbow She's staring in disbelief at her surroundings, still not quite understanding that just six hours ago, ere sitting by the Christmas tree with our kids and noe're in Nassau

Honestly, I'd expected a flurry of questions froot in the car and headed toward the airport was, "How long have you had this planned?"

I was truthful with her I'd like to have told her that I had it planned all year, but truth be told, I o when I had sort of an epiphany come to me

Since our fight on Thanksgiving, I had been nursing a slightly bruised ego Moira's failure to enlighten me as to her desire to return to as a lo to ht my wife considered ht for her Instead, I found out she didn't have confidence in s While ere able to slip back into a fairly norate at tiht was important in my life

I began to doubt that what Moira and I had was as tangible as I had once believed

I know Moira doubted it too, as I could see it in her eyes

My epiphany cao when I had to inal loan closing docu, and I needed to look over the original purchase details I tore the entire house apart trying to find theht be up in the attic, but hell up until that point, I'm not even sure I knee had an attic because I sure as hell had never been up there before

Sure enough, I found the box simply labeled, "House Docs and Bank Reconciliations," in Moira's handwriting, so it was confirmed she stuck it up here, and I was on ht my eye

A backpack

Moira's backpack to be specific

The one she carried into the Ao when she first came to find me

That wasn't the epiphany though As I crouched down beside the bag and toyed with the zipper, I knew she also took this same backpack with her just a few ain

After I left her

Cut ties

Ran away

She came after me because she knew in her heart that I was her soulmate That I was the one she couldn't be without Now sure, I had figured that out too about Moira myself, and was in fact on my way back to the States to find her at the sa it a travesty of travel errors, but the point being Moira had more to risk than I ever did

She braved danger and the potential for heartbreak and rejection Hell, at that point, she knew shethousands of miles only to find my dead body

Moira was guided by love, instinct, and a deep and unfatho that ere meant for each other

And that right there was my epiphany

Moira was my epiphany

Her confidence in us resounded strong within hts and focus on things that are uniot lost for a bit, but when it boiled right down to it Moira and I were created and exist solely for the benefit of each other

We are a team

We are one

We are love

And it struckat a beat-up old backpack, that there was nothing insure my as happy

Nothing

Not a job

Not kids

Not my own life

I exist to ensure Moira is happy because when she is happy and fulfilled, everyone else is happy and fulfilled She's a better mother to Jaime and Cannon, a better wife to me, a better sister to Lisa, and a better teacher wherever she chooses to teach

I scraot about house refinancing, and made reservations here at the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar in Nassau Operation Get My Marriage Back on Track was then in play

"I still can't believe we're here," Moira whispers as I lead her over to the elevators "This is so surreal"

"Your husband still has sorin

We're quiet as we ride up to the fifteenth floor, but we are anything but relaxed Moira knows it I know it Things are about to get crazy

I open the door Drop my satchel to the floor Moira's purse follows, and then we are on each other