Chapter 42

• Kaitlyn looked away from me for a minute, and I caught the slight moisture in her vermillion eyes flashing against the sunlight. And when she'd composed herself, she turned back to me. "So let me get this straight, for whatever reason, you don't see me as wife material. But I'm still good mistress material?"
• I turned that over in my head. "Well... yeah."
• And with a smile, it looked like Kaitlyn had made the same decision I had once made many years ago with Taylor. She leaned up and kissed me gently, and then pulled just a half inch away while still looking at my mouth. And then her brilliant green eyes flashed up to stare into mine. "I can live with that."