Free The Marriage That Didn't Stay in Vegas (BWWM Romance) by Phoenix Rayne Page B

grip. 
                  “Stop it!” I spat through my teeth. 
                  I folded my arms tightly around me as I paced back and forth across the hardwood floor.
                  “Phoebes, let’s just go home, and we’ll discuss this later.” 
                  “You know what? That’s the best idea you’ve had all week.  I need to go home.”
                  “Wait, what do you mean?”
                  “You know exactly what I mean!”
                  “Phoebe, you’re not leaving me!”
                  I said nothing to him as I stared out of the front window.            
                  “Baby, just forget about Boutique. I was doing it for you. I thought you--"
                  I walked past him, out the front door, and stomped over to the truck.  I opened the passenger door, got in and slammed the door shut. I leaned my body all the way up against the door so I could be all the way on the passenger’s side.  I knew I was being childish, but I didn’t give a damn right now. There would be no more sitting up under him anymore.  I stared straight ahead. That’s when I noticed that there were twinkly lights above the shop. The sign read Phoebe’s Corner.   I cringed and turned my head, putting my attention on the passenger’s window. 
                  He slowly locked up the store and hopped into the truck. We rode back in complete silence.  When we made it to the beginning of his road, he pulled over. 
                  “Phoebe, I’m sorry I didn’t mean to make you feel, umm, however you're feeling.”
                  I opened the truck door and got out.
                  “Phoebe! Where are you going?”
                  “I’m staying at the resort tonight. Have someone bring me my things tomorrow.”
                  “Baby, please don’t do this!”
                  I kept walking back towards the resort on the corner.  He got back in his truck and turned it around.
                  “Baby, get on in the truck now. It’s dark out here.  Let’s just go home and get in bed. We can make love all night and morning.  We can fix this, Phoebes.”               He followed me all the way to the resort, begging and pleading with me, but I never budged.  Once I got through the front doors, I heard tire squealing and gravel flying. 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 
    Chapter 5
    Meow Meow
     
                  I woke the next morning to a tapping at the door.  I rolled over in the same clothes I had on last night.  I stumbled to the door and looked out the peephole.  I refreshed my ponytail and tried to rub in the tear streaks from my face.  I opened the door.
                  “Good morning,” Mini greeted me.
                  “Good morning.”
                  “May I come in?” She asked. 
                  “Yes, ma’am.” I moved back so she could enter. 
                  She sat down at the little table and I sat across from her. 
                  She looked me over before giving me a small smile. “You look just about the same as he does.” She set her keys down on the table and intertwined her fingers.  “I told him he pushed you too hard.  Of course, he doesn’t understand because he’s a man and that would be too much like right if he did.”
                  I leaned over on the table and crossed my arms under my chest.  She reached for my hands.  I held them out and she took both of them in hers.  She bent over and kissed the top of my ring finger.  When she looked up at me, tears were falling from her now pink eyes.
                  “He’s never loved anyone like how he loves you.  I was so scared for him for years.