"When are you coming back?"
Clara Knox changed the subject.
"Do you want me to come back?"
Clara Knox mumbled a sound of agreement; she wanted to clear things up soon. Holding onto such a big secret alone was nerve-wracking.
"Call me 'husband,' and I'll come back sooner."
Clara was dizzy. He had taken the conversation back to this. Was there something so magical about a term of endearment that made him hold onto it?
"Clara, I want to pin you under me, make you cry, and then..."
"Husband! Stop, just stop..."
Clara only hesitated for a moment before he started spewing more sultry talk, who knows what else might come next that would make her blush and her heart race. She quickly called him 'husband' to appease him.
Edward Harper was successfully amused, chuckling softly on the other end of the line, the sound making Clara Knox's ear tingle.
"Scared?"
He asked.