CHAPTER 18

“What? Who’s this mistress?”

“Uh, Diana, who else?” she snapped, her anger flaring up again as she remembered what happened earlier.

Reed continued to soap her breasts, caressing them gently. She couldn’t help but moan, her anger quickly forgotten. Really, self? You give in so easily? Can’t you hold out a bit longer? she scolded herself.

“She could never be my mistress. I’ll always be loyal to you, my wife,” Reed said.

“Just don’t kiss me for one week! Until the germs from that witch’s lips are gone, I don’t want my baby and me catching anything!”

“But sweetheart, that’s a punishment! Can you really go without tasting my sweet kisses for a whole week?”

“That’s your punishment, so you’ll learn not to kiss other women!” Reed just sighed. “Okay, if that’s what you want. If I didn’t love you so much, I—”

Clarisa turned to look at Reed. “Y-you love me?”

Reed cupped her face. “I’ve loved you for a long time, ever since I saw you walk into my bar... I was about to approach you then, but tha