Page 109 of Bride By Initiation

"No. Of course not. It's a gift you give each other."

I hold in my laughter and try to keep a straight face. "Thank you for telling me. I don't know if we'll participate in that ceremony, but if we do, you'll be at the top of our list."

"Really?" she breathes.

I hold in my laughter. There's no way I'm sleeping with this woman or letting her touch my husband. But I want to get out of the conversation and don't want to insult her. So I answer, "Yes."

"Thank you!" she replies excitedly.

"Sure," I reply back.

She gets up and points at Sean. "Do you want to wake him up, or do you think I should?"

"You better let me handle that job."

She softly laughs. "Okay. By the way, I did mean it as a compliment back there."

A mix of pride and uncomfortableness fills me. "Thanks."

"You're absolutely fascinating," she gushes, then spins and disappears behind the curtain.

A strange feeling comes over me. I decide it might be best to not tell Sean about my conversation with her.

I stroke his head. "Babe, you need to wake up."

He stirs.

"Babe," I say a bit louder.

He blinks a few times and stares at me.

"Babe, you have to get up. We need to change. We're going to be landing in a half hour."

He doesn't say anything for a minute, as if trying to remember where he's at and everything that's happened, and then it hits him. He gives me a funny look. He blurts out, "We're married."

My heart races faster. "Yeah."

"You're going to get bored of me," he teases.

I reply, "Maybe you'll get bored of me first?"

He shrugs. "Guess we'll find out." He rises and goes to the back of the plane.

A new fear hits me.

What are we going to do when we're bored of each other?

Please let him get bored of me before I get bored of him.

I get up and meet him in the back of the plane.

There's a summer dress, bra, and sandals for me. There's a pair of khaki shorts, a polo shirt, and slip-on shoes for him.

It doesn't take long to get dressed, and we return to our seats.

The pilot announces, "We'll be landing soon. Please put your seat belts on."

We do as instructed, and before I know it, we're landing. An SUV is waiting,

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