“I’m livid.”
“Why? What did she suggest?”
“You’re going to need to sit down.”
“That bad?”
“It’s a fucking train wreck. Are you ready?”
“As ready as I’ll ever be.”
I didn’t waver. “She wants me to get married.”
Kinley faltered, stumbling back. “What?”
“My thoughts exactly.”
“Married? To whom?”
“Fuck if I know.”
“Oh wow.”
“Took the words right out of my mouth.”
“Why does she think you need to get married?”
“To take the heat off my trade.”
“Through your marriage?”
“Yeah. She has some delusional theory that love can conquer all or some shit. Including my current scandal.”
“I don’t even know what to say.”
“Great. Considering that’s the only reason I’m here.”
She opened her mouth to reply, but quickly shut it. It was obvious she was as stunned as I was with the news I’d suddenly hit her with. Not that I could blame her. This was life-changing. Especially for a man like me. I’d never even had a girlfriend before, and now Autumn wanted me to take on a wife.
“I’m going to need a minute to process this.”
“You could always divorce your husband and be my fake wife?”
She chuckled, fully aware I was kidding. “I think that would be an even bigger scandal, and then they’d label you a homewrecker.”
I laughed. I couldn’t help it.
“Plus, Christian would probably kill you, and it would cause this downward spiral from there. He’d go to prison, and I’d be raising our son alone. Also, I’m madly in love with him.”
“I’m not going to try to pretend like I understand that.”
“What, love?”
I nodded.
“You think you’re not capable of being in love with someone?”
“I don’t know if I’m made that way, Kinley.”