Chapter 22
Fox is enthralled. “Did he? Did former Director McConaghie apologize?”
I nod curtly even as I verbalize my response. “Yes.”
“To your wife?”
“Yes.”
“What did she do?”
A satisfied smirk crosses my face. “She didn’t say a single word.”
Fox’s eyes gleam, but she manages to restrain her amusement. “What did that make you feel?”
I don’t even hesitate. “Proud. Bethany is the strongest woman I know.”
“Did it make you love her more?”
“No.”
Fox is surprised. “No?”
“Nothing could make me love her more when she was, is, and always will be everything to me.” With a crooked smile, I say something to Fox, causing her jaw to fall to the floor—and giving myself a reprieve from questions for just a moment. “And that’s what I said to her when I proposed.”