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The movement opened his black jacket, offering a glimpse of his pristine white shirt stretched across his broad chest and flat abdomen. Everything was perfect. This was a great day for him and his agency. It was a party to celebrate the account Golden Gates promotions had with Packard Enterprises and a good number of people had been invited. Everything seemed like it was going to go well. It was all perfect.

Well... Except the fact that Christina had refused to attend the party with him.. No matter how much he had asked her, she had simply insisted that she wasn't ready to be around a lot of people, and the last thing he wanted to do was to force her into situations she wasn't comfortable with.He turned away from the mirror and headed out of his bedroom to find his wife. He found her in her bedroom, working on her laptop.

Well, at least she wasn't sitting and staring at the ceiling, Evan thought. She was making little progress, no matter how slowly. Christina lifted her head to stare