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“I brought clothes. Oh.” I make a worried face. “Do you think my outfit is crappy?” I straighten out my suit. When Corrado doesn’t answer, I swallow. “You do. I should go change.”
“You don’t have clothes that are appropriate for the events we’re attending. I’d like you to shop for gowns, but if you find yourself wanting to shop for business suits, then you do that.”
“I’ll go shopping as soon as I get paid. I can’t take your card.”
“It’s not my card.” He lays the card on the bar.
I read Michela Mancini in a sharp golden font that looks luxurious against the sleek black background.
“Thank you,” I tell him.
“Mmhm. Next,” he says and narrows his eyes when I sigh painfully. This man woke up and conquered the morning while I can barely string two words together. I gulp the rest of the coffee and start making another cup. Imma need a thermos of this to catch up to Mr. Lion over here.
“Did you hear what I said?” he asks.
“Yes.” No. Did he say something?
“Funny, because I wasn’t speaking.”
“Joker,” I tell him. “Not Batman.”
Corrado’s lip twitches, but he’s not laughing. Oh no, he’s as serious as a racehorse before the starting bell.
“Your new phone,” Corrado says after a lengthy pause. He nudges a large, wrapped blue box toward me. When I open my mouth in protest, saying how I have a perfectly functioning phone, he adds, “The battery life on your antique phone is horrible. For my peace of mind, I would prefer that you have one with a longer battery life so you can reach anyone at any time during the day and not have to trouble yourself with recharging it.”
To be fair, I never liked my phone, and every time I’m at the mall, I window-shop for a new one. “Thank you.” I open the box and take out a sleek champagne-gold phone matching the color of the car in the garage. “It’s beautiful.”
“I’m glad you like it. It comes with a new phone number too.”
Crap. “Everyone knows my number.”
“People who matter will learn the new number.”
“They will for now. But what happens when you leave?”
Clearly caught off guard, Corrado presses his lips together, allowing a pause before answering, “You get your life back, albeit with an upgrade. But for the duration of our time together, your life is mine. I thought you understood that.”
“I understand even more now.” Corrado controls everything and everyone near him.
“Good. About the engagement ring. Stephania is ordering the diamond from Prince Anastas Orontes, who is insisting on meeting you before selling me the piece she requested. I may let him meet you, or I may not.”
“A real-life prince? No way.”
“And now you’ll never meet him.”
I poke Corrado in the chest. “You sound jealous.”
“You’re my wife. When it comes to you, I can be anything I want to be.”
His gaze is intense and a bit much this early in the morning. I look away and fiddle with the phone before I pick it up. “Thanks. For all this.”
Corrado clears his throat. “My pleasure. I have three minutes left. Do you have any questions?”
The entire time, he ran with the clock. Damn. “Do you drink coffee?”
“In the car on the way to wherever I’m going.”
“What time do you usually wake up?”
