Chapter 61

Schuyler's P. O. V.

"Come here," after Ezekiel attended a meeting that made me wait here in his office, he came in and went straight to his table.

I glanced at the papers in front of the table before I did as he says.

"What?"

He motioned the chair beside him, "Sit."

I slowly sat down and pulled the chair beside him. Ezekiel placed the papers in front of me and I looked at him with a blank face.

"Seriously?" I asked with sarcasm in my voice.

"It's time you face these works," he said in a serious tone.

"You'll make me work?" I shrugged my shoulders. "Thought you'll be more of—'I'm the man, I provide'---kind of husband."

I saw when Ezekiel clenched his jaw, but he remained calm and only opened the paper for me to see what the contents were about.

"If you worry about working your ass 'til sunrise like how you used to do before, there's no need for that." He looked deep into my eyes.

It took a moment of silence as we looked into each other's eyes. I had to be the one to break it and take