Page 87 of Think Twice

“Why are you smiling?” Myron asked.

“I know it’s toxic, but it’s kind of cute when you’re jealous.”

He couldn’t help but smile back. Then: “I also met with Cecelia Callister’s ex-husband today.”

“Big day for various exes.”

“He was telling me how having a supermodel for a wife was tough. Everyone always hitting on her. I get what he means.”

“You comparing me to a supermodel?”

“No,” Myron said. “You’re way hotter.”

“Very smooth,” she said. “For real this time.”

“I kept thinking about that ‘When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman’ song.”

“Who sung that?”

“Dr. Hook, I think.”

“Right,” she said. “Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. They also sang ‘Sylvia’s Mother.’”

“See why I fell so hard for you?”

“What about Cecelia’s ex and that song?”

“This ex, he kept telling me how naïve he’d been—thinking that men hitting on her was cool and was kind of a high.”

“And it’s not a high for you.”

“No. And then one day, this ex—his name is Ben Staples—out of nowhere in his mind, his wife tells him she’s pregnant with another man’s kid and she’s leaving.”

“Well, we both know you have no fear of that happening with me.”

Myron closed his eyes, silently cursed himself. “Terese.”

“Don’t.”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean—”

“I know. It’s okay. Really.”

“I love you.”

“I know,” she said. Then Terese turned to face him. “But are you good with this?”

“Yes.”

“I’m not what you wanted.”

“You’re better.”

“You always wanted the wife, the kids, the picket fence, the family barbecues, the kiddy sports league—”

“Terese.”

“You can’t have that with me.”

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