Walking past Benjamin’s room, she went to the door to the other spare room. Opening it, she flicked on the light and forced a smile at her husband.
How strange they were still married.
“Here you go. A nice spare room and bed. There’s a wardrobe there, and it’s a shared bathroom. Enjoy.”
“Hold on one minute,” he said. “What about your room?”
“You’re not sharing my room. You want to stay in my room, I’ll move into this one. This is where you’ll stay.”
“What about confusing Benjamin?” he asked, looking all smug as if he had the upper hand.
“I’m sure he can cope with you sleeping in the spare room. I mean, you haven’t been home at all, so this tiny detail won’t affect him. I promise.” She winked at him. “Now, if you’ll excuse me.”
She walked out of the bedroom and went straight to her room, closing the door. Most often she kept the door open in the event of Benjamin having a nightmare. She’d open it as soon as she was dressed in her nightclothes.
With speed, she quickly undressed, and donned a nightshirt and a pair of shorts. Running a brush through her hair, she went to her door, and opened it just a little. She was just making her way back to her bed when Wolfe pushed open her door.
“You’re being serious about this. You’re not going to sleep with me?” he asked.
“I don’t want to sleep with you. You want to come and live with me and Benjamin, fine. I can deal with that. But being in the same bed as you, no thanks. The last time we were together, it didn’t end well.”
“Because you were listening to shit you weren’t supposed to,” Wolfe said.
“How have you been able to keep a company thriving with your language? You better curb it as well. Benjamin’s at the copying age, and I don’t want him to get in trouble at school. He’s doing really well, and I’d appreciate it if you made the effort to try.”
“For our son, I’ll do anything. See, our son, no one else’s.”
“Ugh, I know he’s our son, Wolfe. You don’t have to keep ramming it down my throat. I was there.”
“Yeah, my boys really are strong. The one time and you get caught.” He smirked as he folded his arms across his chest.
“Get out of my room.”
“Why are you so angry at me? I thought you’d like me being here, trying to play the role of happy family.”
“I don’t want you to play any role.” She shook her head. “You know what, forget it. I don’t want to think about this, or deal with this. I just want you to leave me alone. Do you think you can handle that?”
“Tell me.”
“I want a divorce, Wolfe. None of this is going to change that. I don’t love you anymore. This isn’t how I want to spend the rest of my life.”
“Then tell me what it is you do want. We can compromise.”
“I’m not making another deal with you.”
“Just do it. Come on, you know I give you most things you want, why not this?” he asked.
“Fine.” She didn’t see a reason to ignore him. “I want to have more children. I don’t believe in fairy tale endings like the ones I told you, but I still want to have a family. A big one. I still want my dreams to come true. I just know now, they’re not going to be with you. I’m moving on, and I really wish, one day soon, you’ll see we’re not compatible for each other. We both need to move on, and the only way to do it is to let this go.” She was willing to give him everything he wanted, just so long as she got her freedom to do what she always dreamed of doing.
Five years ago, she wanted him to be the man to share her future with, but not anymore.
Chapter Four
The following morning, after waking up to the scent of coffee and breakfast being made, Wolfe didn’t know what to do with his day. Benjamin was talking about something, and Rachel looked happy.
He didn’t want to even think of their conversation last night. The bed he’d slept on had been uncomfortable and a lot smaller than he was accustomed to. No problem for him as he’d already ordered a different bed, and some furniture for the room as well.
If Rachel thought he didn’t have what it took to make this work, she was very much mistaken. He had no intention of letting her go. In fact, she was going to be in for a surprise as he was going to give her exactly what she wanted, and he couldn’t wait to do it. First, he had to get her to like him again, not hard to do. He’d done it once before. It shouldn’t be that hard to do it again. After he got her to like him, falling in love with him would follow. He could be a charming guy when he wanted to be. Next and the final part of his plan, sleep with her, get her pregnant, and start the big family she wanted. They’d have to move out of this house though.