CHAPTER 94

“Look at me, Karla.”

She turned slowly, her face pale, fear in her beautiful eyes. He swallowed back the knot in his throat because this was not the time to hesitate or stand down. He had to pull a full-court press.

“First thing I want to say to you, because it was never addressed last night.”

She sent him a faintly puzzled look but at least he had her full attention now.

“I have never been unfaithful to you, Karla,” he said in a clear, distinct and earnest voice. “I have never even entertained the thought. I love you. You are the only woman I ever want to be with.”

Karla’s breath intake was swift and sharp. She stared at him for a long moment, searching his face, as if for the truth in his words.

“Then who was that woman last night?” she choked out. “On our anniversary, who was the woman who was all over you in the bar of the restaurant we were supposed to eat at?”

The bitterness in her voice made him wince. He’d never expected their marriage to come to this. Not only was she questio