“Of course, I said yes! Come on, Uncle Louis is a legend. The fact that he thinks I’m worth training us an honor.” Noah glanced in the rearview mirror with a grin. “But let me tell you, I seriously underestimated how hard it would be. The moment I started working with him, I realized I knew jack.
“Where are you going?”“Shopping.”“Shopping? With who?”Adora glanced back at him. “Who else but Laura? Or do you think I’ve got some secret date lined up with an online admirer?”Louis had no comeback.Adora smiled faintly, her thoughts dripping with sarcasm.Serves you right for pretending. She
The housekeeper was just about to step forward when Adora held up a hand to stop her. “I’ll take care of Mr. Walker’s breakfast. You all can go handle the other tasks.”The staff nodded and stepped away.Adora ladled a bowl of oatmeal and asked sweetly, “Do you need me to feed you, Mr. Walker?”Loui
Adora frowned, her face scrunching up.Well, he wasn’t wrong.They were legally married. For her to react like that just because her husband looked at her made her seem overly dramatic.Seeing her fall silent, Louis knew she had nothing to refute, so he reached up and gently pulled her hand away fr
Late into the night, he could only lie there like a caged beast, turning things over and over in his mind, grasping for the smallest signs that she might actually care for him.The more he thought about it, the more miserable he felt.Forget it. Who cared if she loved him or not? As long as she wa
He mulled it over silently, wondering if Adora already knew something.But the more he thought about it, the more certain he was—if she’d known he was the “White-Coat Deity,” with her blunt, no-nonsense nature and fierce sense of right and wrong, she would’ve blown up right then and there.She would