Chapter 26

~ Charles

“I will be traveling to Las Vegas,” I told her after she opened the door, but her face remained unconcerned.

She tried to close the door, but I stopped it with my foot. “Care to tell me what this attitude is about?” I asked.

“What attitude?” Megan retorted, feigning ignorance.

I pushed through the door. Terrified, Megan kept reversing back. “What are you doing, Charles?”

I smirked. “I want to know why my wife is so upset with me.”

“I can tell you from right here,” she said with a shaky voice, still reversing back.

I pressed on, intending to provoke her until she finally spoke up. “But I want to be close to you when you do.”

Megan’s eyes registered shock. She turned to run, but I caught her and pushed her onto the bed, climbing on top of her, my face uncomfortably close to hers. “Talk, Megan, or I will not let you go.”

Megan fought against me, but her struggling was nothing compared to my strength. Playfully, I kissed her cheeks. “Tell me, Megan, why have you been avoiding me