CHAPTER SIX

Crystal walked into the bedroom she shared with her husband after a long afternoon at the pool. She came to a stop when she saw her husband sitting on their bed, using his laptop with some documents scattered close to him. She looked towards the window that faced the swimming pool and mentally wondered if he had come home when she had been flirting with Cyrus.

When he raised his head and smiled at her, Crystal forced a smile on her face and crossed the room. She stood beside the bed, and ignored the way James eyed her bikini covered body.

"When did you get back?"

"An hour ago... I saw you at the pool and damn, I was tempted to join you but I had urgent work to do," he said, then took the laptop off his lap, followed by the folded blanket on his lap too. "Since I'm done now, why don't you come sit on my lap. I missed you."

Crystal had an instant foresight. She knew something intimate was bound to happen between her and James. The few th