Page 87 of Homecoming

Kara tugged hard on a handful of his hair. “Focus.”

“I’m sorry… you were saying?”

“You heard everything I said, and if it comes to that, you’ve got your comment.”

“Are you sure?”

“Very sure. If they’re going to make the story about us, that’s what we have to say about it.”

He cupped her ass and gave it a squeeze, loving the lush, sexy curves of her pregnant body. “You’re one tough cookie, Mrs. Torrington. I wouldn’t want to eff with you.”

“You love to eff with me.”

“That’s true. Now that you mention it, what’re you doing right now?”

“Cooking dinner for my grandmother and uncle, who’ll be famished when they get home.”

He groaned. “All right. Go on if you must.”

“I must but thank you for always thinking of what’s best for me. It means everything to me.”

“You mean everything to me.”

“And you make me feel that every single day.”

“Do you two ever take a break?” Buster muttered when he saw them in an embrace.

“Leave them alone, Buster,” Bertha said. “They’re inlove.”

“Whatever.”

Kara laughed, kissed Dan and went to finish dinner.

Despite what she’d said, he’d still move heaven and earth to make sure no one dragged her through the mud in the pursuit of a story.

Renata wasin her pajamas with a moisturizing mask on her face, a glass of wine in hand and theReal Housewives of OrangeCountyon TV. She could finally exhale after a day of extra attention from Myles after her “injury.”

Maybe she’d made too big of a deal about a paper cut…

A teaser for the eleven o’clock news featured a sound bite from Kara’s sexy husband, telling the media to leave her out of their quest for salacious details about the Ballard family, or he’d stop talking to them about the case.

Seeing Dan stick up for her cousin that way made her like him more than she already did.

She put down her wine to compose a text to Kara.Hot AF seeing your hubby go to bat for you, babe.

You saw that, huh? It is pretty hot! The thought of all that garbage being resurrected gives me vapors, but if it happens, so be it. It was a long time ago, and I’m not the one who’ll look like an asshole.

TRUE THAT.

Renata had never liked Kelly. She’d been a sneaky bitch even when they were little kids. Somehow, the rest of them usually ended up in trouble while she skated through free and clear, the freaking tattletale.

She deserved to be stuck with Matt Gallagher for the rest of her life.

Renata would never admit to anyone that she’d been relieved when Kara and Matt broke up. She’d never thought he was good enough for Kara, but he was perfect for that snake Kelly. The two of them deserved each other.

When her doorbell rang, she went completely still. Who the hell could that be at this hour?

Maybe it was the coffee she’d ordered from Amazon. They’d been delivering at all hours lately.