52. ~ X A N D E R ~

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I just stared at the schedule as if I could magically make some of the engagements disappear.

"You can't will them to go away, Mr. King."

I cringed for the tenth time since we got to the office.

I looked up to glare at River. "Can you stop calling me that? Do you hear me calling you Sterling?"

River shrugged, walking around the desk to get to the other side where a heap of files lay waiting to be reviewed. "You should. I am Sterling at work." She said nonchalantly. "Not your wife."

"So we are going to go back to last name basis at work? Honey, does that make any sense?" I asked her, even though I was plotting a trap onto which my wife was going to walk in blind.

"Yes." She said.

I pretended to give it a thought and then nodded, as if resigning to her ridiculous ideas.

A triumphant smile appeared on her face as I handed her tablet over to her. "Alright then. I will let you know when your ten o' clock gets here, Mr. King." She chirped before turning to walk away.

I mumbled