55 - Shawn

Two months later...

"I take it everything is going well?" Ryker asks me as we stand outside my office.

"Of course it is," Asher answers for me. "Look at Felicity. She's glowing."

I watch her as she talks to Dana, the woman she's been training to be my next assistant for the past two weeks.

She does look radiant in the yellow dress she's wearing, which is just tight enough to show off the curve of her belly.

Even though some people have started nasty rumors about her, she has no intention of hiding it, which I find admirable. And attractive.

I still don't know how I found such an amazing woman. Or how I didn't realize I had one right next to me until I lost her. But I'm sure of one thing — I'm never letting her go.

And I'm making that clear tonight.

"What about you?" I ask Asher.

"How are things going with Violet?"

He makes a face.

"Not good, huh?" Ryker asks.

"She still hasn't forgiven me for leaving her at that party years ago," Asher says.

He did tell me about that. I thought there