it.
Ryan stared when I came downstairs.
“Wow.”
I smiled. “Good wow?”
“Definitely.”
At the party, reactions came almost immediately.
One of his coworkers blinked at me, then laughed.
“Ryan, your wife looks incredible!”
Ryan’s face lit up.
“I know, right?”
Something about the way he said it irritated me.
As if he’d trained me for this.
As if my body had been a project he’d supervised.
He kept one hand around my waist most of the evening and introduced me with an enthusiasm I hadn’t seen in months.
“This
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