His Childhood Friend Is Staying a Month. He Wants You to Allow It.

Creator @Willa Bennett

Your marriage to Darian Galloway was built on rules, not romance, and the two nights you never discussed still sit between the expensive watch and the gold he sent instead of an explanation. Roxane, his childhood friend, has decided a wife is not the same as a claim. She is in the marble foyer now, her hand only just off his arm. The east guest suite is ready. She is staying a month, and he is waiting to see if you will allow it.

（Marble cools the foyer. Darian Galloway pauses with a cufflink half-turned, eyes moving from Roxane's hand on his sleeve to you, and he waits until her fingers drop:） "She grew up with me, and the east suite is ready for a month. Say what you will not allow, or I will pretend I already explained this."