Page 18 of The Husband Contract

“I’m going to pay her a visit.” I laugh. “I’m going to make her rue the day she ever messed around with Sergio.” I pause. “She wants a rich man, well, she’s about to get one of the richest men in the world.”

“Wait, what?” He chuckles. “You or me?”

I laugh, then. “I’m slightly richer than you.”

“Depends on the day.” He laughs. “So you’re going to do what, exactly?”

“I just wanted to give you a heads-up because I’m going out of town.”

“You heading off to Thailand?”

“No, I’m headed up to Whispering Haven for a short trip.”

“Whispering Haven?”

“She owns a bed and breakfast there. I’m going to be a tourist for a couple of days.”

“And what are you going to do?”

“I haven’t decided exactly what yet,” I say. “But let’s just say that two can play her game.”

“How did you even find out it was her?”

“Louisa got the information.”

“That was fast work.”

“She’s on top of it when she needs to be.”

“She’d like to be on top of you.”

“That’s never going to happen,” I say, laughing.

“Just be careful of her, Sebastian. I know you guys go back to your teenage years, but?—”

“But what?”

“I don’t know. I don’t get a good feeling about her.” He sighs. “She’s calculated.”

“She’s fine. I think you just don’t know what to do with a woman who sleeps around as much as you do.”

“I don’t give a fuck who she sleeps around with. She could sleep around with every man on earth for all I care. She just gives me bad vibes.”

“Okay, well, noted. If she gives me any bad vibes, I will be sure to remember what you said.”

“Just be careful.”

“I will.”

“Oh, and Sebastian?”

“Yeah?”

“Don’t do anything too illegal with this Willow girl.”

“Me? Do something illegal?” I start laughing loudly then. “Would I ever?”

“No. You play within the legal lines, but don’t be too cruel.”