Page 33 of The Work Wife

And like that, they were married.

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Cindy left after the cake was served, and Benji headed out after giving them his best and mentioning how they could make a place for Jamie in the family company. Wes still wasn’t ready to think about that yet. He still had time to figure it out. He walked Jamie out to her car and took a deep breath.

“That wasn’t so bad,” he mentioned.

“No. It was really nice. Thank you again for doing this.”

“I’m sure I’m getting a good deal. Who wouldn’t want to be shackled to a woman who complains miserably every time the temperature falls below seventy degrees?”

“More like sixty-five,” she corrected with a chuckle. “I too got a great deal. I have a husband who can play Halo for nine consecutive hours.”

“You should be impressed.”

“So impressed.”

“When’s your flight?”

“Three. I have time to stop at my apartment and change before leaving for the airport.”

“Did you want me to drop you off?”

“No. I want my car there. My flight back is kind of late and I don’t want you to have to come pick me up.” She smiled. “See how well I’m cherishing you?”

“I feel super cherished right now.” He looked down at the simple gold band around his finger. “Have a great time in Virginia.”

“Have a great time virtually killing people.”

He brushed a snowflake from her cheek and smiled. “Maybe we can do dinner when you get back.”

“It’s a date.”

She got in her car and he waved as she drove off, feeling the normal loneliness engulf him.

Rather than spend the week playing games, he came up with another plan. While he was forbidden to take his laptop home with him, he could still send a file to his home computer so he could get a head start on their newest project.

Making his way back up to his office undetected was impossible. Everyone congratulated him and patted him on the back as he held up his ring finger, sporting his new accessory.

“Did she already get away?” Mike Douglas joked as he hurried past.

“No. I just left something in my office.”

He sat down at his desk and opened his email. Finding the file he needed on his hard drive, he sent it to himself and closed down his computer just as Cindy rushed in.

“Oh, I’m so glad I caught you. I tried calling, but you didn’t answer.” She was flushed and her portly frame heaved from the effort of hurrying. He waited while she caught her breath enough to go on.

“Jamie is used to taking care of her own flights.” She smiled and held out a piece of paper that looked like the reports they approved for their corporate credit card. “She only purchased one ticket for your honeymoon. But don’t worry. I was still able to get you on the same flight.”

“Oh. Thank you.” He took the paper and looked down at the charge. Cindy would have access to the corporate travel itinerary too. Blast her efficiency.

“I’m so glad you two decided to get out of town after all. Every new couple should have a real honeymoon. You only get married once, right?” Over 50 percent of the population got married more than once, but he didn’t point that out. Jamie was always telling him how people weren’t amused when he started spouting statistics.

Besides, that wasn’t the issue at the moment.

The problem was that Rob Blain and the rest of the company were going to be expecting to see pictures from their honeymoon. Cindy now thought they would be together in Virginia, which meant a pile of pictures from Boston wouldn’t fool them.

He took a deep breath and looked out the window at the snow falling steadily, and decided he was going to Virginia for his honeymoon.