Chapter 6
Ridley
After I’d strutted out of Carter’s office, I paced my room. I had nowhere else to go or anything to do here. If I called home, someone might talk me out of this plan.
So I’d not tell anyone. Not yet. Not until I could pretend, I was happy with the sexiest man I’d ever met.
The second I'd laid eyes on him, he'd gone from provoking memories to visceral, rugged, and handsome. He made my body ache in places it never had.
Hopefully, my sisters wouldn't ever tell him I kept his picture from the wedding and showed it off, or that dancing with him had been a highlight of my younger life.
He’d get the wrong idea and I was under no illusions. This wasn’t about love. Our agreement was about convenience and Chelsea.
A knock at the door made me jump, but he popped his head in an
