Chapter 1

Jessie Hunt, exhausted and sweaty, dropped the last of the packing boxes on the dinning room carpet. She could already feel her muscles to cramp up and knew that she was going to be in serious pain tomorrow.

But as she looked over at kyle,she couldn't help but smile.

They were officially moved in.

The wide grin on his face told her he was thinking the same thing. his shirt was drenched, but she didn't care as he came over and wrapped her in a bear hug. "We live here now,"he whispered in her ear, before gently kissing her." I think we're entitled to celebrate, don't you think.

"Definitely", she agreed.

"Champagne?beer?"

"Maybe a beer,"Jessie suggested, and a Gatorade chaser. I feel like my whole body might seize at any second."

"I'll be right back,"kyle said and headed for the kitchen.

Jessie moved from the dinning room to the living room and plopped down on the couch feeling her perspiration-soaked shirt against the sheet covering the furniture. It was late August and even in the coastal Orange County community of Westport Beach, the weather was hot and sticky.the temperature was easily in the low nineties.

Of course, that was nothing compared to what it was like back in down town Los Angeles, where they'd lived until this mourning. surrounded by the asphalt and concrete and shiny skyscrapers, Jessie would often walk out of their condo into the late summer heat to face temperature above one hundred. In comparison, this felt like a respite.

She reminded herself that this was exactly the sort of perk that would justify moving away from the familiar life she'd grown to love in the city.She'd be trading in the excitement of the busy LA streets for cool ocean breezes.Instead, on hip, new restaurants, they'd visit seaside cafés. Instead of taking metro or Uber to a gallery opening, they'd check out a yacht race in the harbor.And of course, there was all the extra money.It would take some time getting used to.But she'd promised her husband she would embrace their new life, and she intended to keep her word.

Kyle walked into the room, holding beer and Gatorade. He had peeled of his wet shirt. Jessie pretended to be oblivious to her husband's impressive abs and chest. How he managed to maintain that physique while working those crazy hours at the firm was beyond her. But she wasn't complaining.

He came over, handed over the drinks, and sat down beside her.

"Did you know there was a wine fridge in the pantry?"he asked.

"Yes,"she said laughing incredulously. Didn't you notice that when we looked at the

House the last two times?"

"I just assumed that it was another cabinet, so I never actually opened until just now. pretty cool, huh?"

"Yes,pretty cool, pretty boy",she agreed ,marveling at how his short blond locks stayed perfectly coffied,no matter how disheveled the rest of him got.

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