“Then forget about Marina tonight,” he says finally, drawing away. “It’s just you and me right now.”
“Can there be a you and me if there’s still a her?” I ask. “She’s your wife.”
“She’s nothing more than a nuisance. And she won’t be in my life for very much longer. As my wife, ex-wife, or anything in between. She won’t even be a memory. You are my everything now, Jessa. Everything in the past is irrelevant.”
I needed that reassurance, and I allow myself to bask in it for a moment. Then I lean my forehead against his and pray silently that this will end soon.
“I’ve got you.” Anton places his hand over my stomach. “Both of you.”
I sigh deeply. “I know that. We both do.”
I leave Jessa wrapped in the sheets and wearing one of my old t-shirts. It’s years old and threadbare, so I can see t
