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Chapter One

Madison

The sun splashed heat onto my back as I stepped on the hot sand of the beach I lifted my face and closed my eyes as I soaked in the war out of h ic and I saze to the e in front of me

My husband

J

His body was tense as he stood staring at the ocean, his back to me I didn’t even have to be close to him to be able to tell that J had a lot on his mind at the moment It was the reason we’d taken a quick break fro and spent the last few days on the Gold Coast I’d surprised hih he’d been reluctant to coed to convince hiht when they were in theasshole, but he ound so tight over this that I held concerns heand cause worse problems After all, J wasn’t known for his patience

I walked to where he was and stood in front of him As I turned to face him, I looked up into his eyes and slid my arms around his waist His arms circled , baby,” I said “How long have you been out here?”

He bent his lips to , “About an hour”

I narrowed ht, did you?”

Shaking his head, he replied, “Not well, no”

“You should have woken h it”

A look washed across his face It was the look that toldhim I was okay with that I’d made peace with the fact J wouldn’t always talk about his club business with me, but I still wanted to be there for him in any way he’d let me

His hands tightened around my ass and he pulled rowled, “You could have done h shit, babe”

I caught his lips in another kiss and uess we could have spent the ti the Christmas party”

He shook his head andpartyNash is athat idea in your head”