"Yeah, what would you do without me?" He teased.

Silver and only Silver.

My phone chimed at that moment, and I scrambled for it. My heart was racing as I looked at the screen, hoping that it was Silver. I had Shirley's number blocked for right now, so I knew it wasn't her. At some point, I'll talk to her Shirley, but not right now. My priority was It wasn't Silver, but it was the next best thing. The only window I had to Silver.

Rebecca: I finally got her out of bed and ate something. She's still a shell of herself and tears keep escaping her eyes when she thinks I'm not watching. But it's progress.

My heart ached for my wife; I wanted to hold her and tell her that it was going to be okay. I wasn't going to let anything bad happen to her or our marriage again. Nobody would ever come between us.

I replied to the text right away.

Me: Do you think she will be ready to talk to me soon?

Rebecca: Maybe. I told her that you and Shirley aren't mates.

Me: I wanted to be the one to tell her.

I couldn't help but feel a bit aggravated that she heard this information from Rebecca and not from me. But I was also relieved that the misunderstanding was cleared up.

Rebecca: Sorry, but she needed to know the truth.

Me: I'm coming over.

Give her some

my pocket,

I'm going to

you should shower first?" He

a whiff of

"Yeah, good idea."

I changed my clothes and dried my

He asked, raising his brows and dangling the

to see her. I'm done waiting," I said

He smiled even wider.

"Then, let's go!"

....

Silvers POV

night though. Especially since hearing that Shirley tied to me. But did that really mean anything? I

of weeks when it came down

arms around my body like I was trying to hold myself together. I suddenly couldn't get warm enough and that bed was looking even better by the second. "Shit," I heard Rebecca murmur as she stared

I frowned at her.

wrong?" I asked

looked at me with a startled expression, like she forgot I was

it's nothing," she said lamely; her

I urged, raising my brows at my best

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