Chapter 15

John stayed away from Christal after admitting the truth. For the next week he only saw her for breakfast and dinner. He left for work early only to return late at night to find his dinner keeping warm in the oven. The e-reader was in the top part of his desk. He still needed to give it to her.

His reluctance to be near her was ridiculous. Staring at his phone on his office desk, John wondered if he should call her. At night he snuck into her bedroom to hold her throughout the night. Come morning, he left her alone. She never said a word about him staying with her.

She tried to have conversations with him, but he cut her short, finding peace in another part of the house.

“You know, buying a woman was supposed to mean you’d stop being so bloody moody,” Dick said, sitting opposite him.

“What?” John asked, jerking up to look at the other man.

“You’re moody. Your employees are afraid to enter your office in case you have a go at them.” Dick leaned forward taking one of the sweets, John le