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A flare of anger unfurls in my stomach, igniting the blood in my veins. Did I just hear that correctly? “You’re toying with the idea of cheating on your pregnant wife, onAbbi, and fucking my woman?” Because with every passing minute I spend with Sloane, I’m more and more determined to make her mine.
“Cheating? No.” Henry snorts. “Abbi would be there and participating. You know how she is.”
“No.” Those days are done and have been since the wedding. Abbi told me herself.
“You can be there too. It wouldn’t be the first time you watched, right? Actually, if I recall, you owe me. How about this time,I’llcome from behind?—”
My knuckles make a sick cracking sound as my fist collides with his face.
14.Sloane
“What kind of vitamins do you take?” I ask casually as Jacquie sets our desserts in front of us. The dinner was hands down the best meal I’ve ever eaten, I hate to admit. I’m beyond stuffed, but I couldn’t say no to the lemon tart.
“Oh, gosh, I can’t remember the brand. They’re basic prenatal vitamins. You can get them anywhere. Miles got them for me. That’s Henry’s assistant.” Abbi leans back in her chair. “I didn’t even have the blood work results back yet, and Henry sent him out to stock our cupboards with those and decaf coffee. That one, I nearly killed him for.”
“You’re not supposed to have coffee,” I say out loud. That one, I knew, but I had forgotten.
“My doctor said one cup a day would be fine.”
Shit. I drink three to four. I guess I need to stop doing that too.
“My husband can be so controlling sometimes, but he means well.”
Until he’s trying to buy you out of your home because he wants your land.
I steal a glance toward the restroom doors, where Henry just disappeared. Connor is strolling across the room, but Ronan is nowhere to be seen. “How much grief is Henry going to give Ronan for bringing me here tonight?”
“Probably a lot, but don’t worry about it. Ronan has no trouble standing up to my husband. He’s one of the few people who gets away with it.”
“Why is that?”
“Because Ronan saved Henry’s life, for one. There was this collapsed mine shaft in Alaska that Henry went into.” She shudders.
“Oh, I read about that.” It was all over the news. “That was Ronan who went in to get him?”
“And Connor. They found some other way. They were so crazy for doing it, but I can never thank them enough. Henry might not be here if they hadn’t.” Her lips purse. “They’re close friends of mine, and Henry respects that.”
“Fresh one for ya.” Jeremy appears then with another rose-and-strawberry mocktail, along with a second that he sets in front of Abbi. “And I thought you might like one too.”
“Oh, thank you.” Abbi hesitates, frowning at the glass. “What is it?”
“Don’t worry, Mrs. Wolf. No alcohol in that.” He flashes a megawatt smile.
“This is Jeremy,” I introduce. “He’s one of my sea captains at the Sea Witch, who works here part-time nowtoo. Actually, he’s my only sea captain at the moment, unless I count Frank.”
“Do not count Frank. We need to keep him far away from the tiki cruises. How are you feeling? Are you good? Do you need anything?” He peers down at me in earnest.
“All good.”
“I got you, boss.” With a squeeze against my shoulder and a wink, Jeremy swiftly disappears as quickly as he came.
Abbi is still frowning at our drinks.
“There’s definitely no alcohol in them.”
“Oh my God,” she mumbles, and when she looks at me, there’s awareness there. “You’re pregnant, aren’t you?”
“What?” It comes out in a squeak. She caught me off guard.
