Total pages in book: 27
Estimated words: 25085 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 125(@200wpm)___ 100(@250wpm)___ 84(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 25085 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 125(@200wpm)___ 100(@250wpm)___ 84(@300wpm)
“Hello baby.”
She walked around the desk to perch on my lap with her arms around my neck.
“Hello husband.” I stole a kiss before standing and setting her on her feet.
“You ready to go see your place?”
“Yep, let’s go. I was thinking maybe afterwards we could have lunch unless you’re busy.”
“I’m never too busy for you babe, lunch it is.”
“We can walk if you’d like it’s not that far.”
“Sure it’s a nice day walking sounds like fun.”
“I looked down at her feet at the stilts she wore.
“On second thought I don’t want you walking in those shoes, there’s most cobblestones on the streets around your place.”
“Okay if you say so.”
We took the car three streets over and parked, I hadn’t seen sight of Drake but I had no doubt the other man was there.
“Oh wow, you got me a place near the Seaport? How in the world did you ever pull that off? Mindy has been trying forever to get a place down here with no luck.”
“I know some people. Come on let’s go check it out.”
I opened the door and we went in.
“Oh Gabe it’s huge, all this space.” She walked around the room rife with excitement.
“Oh I can see it already, I can have lady’s lingerie on this side over here, and casual wear just over there. Oh and maybe evening wear in the upstairs and…” She went on and on with ideas her eyes alight with enthusiasm.
“How soon can we get started?”
“I’ve taken care of all the paperwork, the inspections have all passed muster so you’re good to go.”
“Oh there’s so much to do, I have to call my old contacts, we need to have a fashion show for the opening oh and I’m going to need…”
“Slow down love we’ll get to all of that.” I pulled out my IPhone and pulled up my contacts list.
“I have the numbers for your suppliers as soon as you’re ready. I assume you know a good decorator.”
“Yes I do, do you think we can have everything ready in a couple of weeks?”
“That’s up to you, you hire the right people you can do anything.”
“Thank you so much for this this is going to be so exciting.”
“I’m glad you like it, you didn’t see the whole thing.”
“You mean there’s more?”
I showed her around the rest of the space for the next half an hour.
“Lunch time where would you like to go?”
“Oh what about that nice little seafood place at the end of the pier? We haven’t been there in a very long time.”
“Then that’s what we’ll do.”
We had lunch sitting outside of a little seafood place on the water watching the tourist ships go by and people walking up and down the boardwalk.
“Can I get started soon do you think?”
“You can get started whenever you want, just let me know if you need anything else. I mean it, if there’re any problems I want to now about them.”
“I’ll get on it right away.”
Chapter 12
For the next month our whole lives were caught up in her new boutique. It was as though she’d got a new calling in life. I went by everyday after I left the office since it was so close. And every night we dropped into bed tired and spent but happy. We made love into the wee hours of the morning before falling asleep in each other’s arms.
“Is everything ready for the opening tonight?”
“Yes, I’ve been a beast I know, pushing everyone so hard, but I wanted to have everything ready in time to meet the new season. It’s the best time to open.”
“I wouldn’t know about that, you’re the fashion expert. I guess you’re not riding in with me this morning. You have to get ready for your big night.”
“Yes, and you’ll be there at six right? I don’t want to do this without you.”
“I’ll be there as promised. I’m having my tux delivered from the cleaners around noon. I’ll see you there. And love, try and relax okay.”
“I’m trying to but I’m suddenly so nervous. We were in all the papers, and now everyone is talking about us and the opening has grown into such a gala.”
“Take it easy baby breathe.” She was starting to hyperventilate again, every time she thought about the publicity she panicked, which was kind of strange for someone who had spent most of her life in the spotlight. I hated to leave her but I had some important meetings to attend for my own business. There hadn’t been any more outside interference and we’d been able to relax on that score although I still had security on her whenever she left the house. Jonas Willoughby was no longer a problem since he had bigger issues than my marriage to contend with. Seems he’s been playing free and loose with investors’ money and the feds were playing host, and last I heard Sabrina was in Switzerland.