Chapter TWENTY-TWO

JOSEF

After that day, when I walked in on Meredith with her little sex toy in her hand, I couldn’t keep my hands off her.

I started coming home earlier and earlier.

Sometimes meeting her at the elevator door.

I texted her during the day. Kept tabs on her through Mario, and I knew she was doing fine.

No threats.

Good.

That had been my biggest worry.

Women trying to escape abusive or violent situations often found themselves with the unfortunate side effect of having their exes turn into stalkers.

Dangerous stalkers.

I appreciated my wife’s dedication to the residents of St. Elizabeth’s, but I wasn’t about to allow any harm to come to her.

So yeah, I doubled the fucking security in a permanent endowment to the shelter.

“Husband,” she greeted me with a smile, and I saw she had a bag of takeout on the counter.

Dinner would be nice. But I wanted dessert first.

“Wife,” I growled, backing her against the wall and dropping to my knees.