(Aurora's POV)
"You're my wife." His voice was even, but the weight behind it was absolute. "I'm not going to let someone hurt you and do nothing. And I'm not going to let you carry the guilt for something I chose to do."
I leaned against his shoulder. The anxiety didn't disappear entirely, but it loosened. Enough to breathe around.
He was quiet for a moment, then said, "Dinner tomorrow. Just the two of us. Somewhere that isn't the estate or the office."
I winced slightly.
He noticed immediately. "What?"
"I already told Olivia I'd go with her to the bridal boutique tomorrow evening. She's trying on wedding dresses and Gavin is out of town, and she didn't want to go alone."
Phineas looked at me with the expression of a man whose plans had just been reorganized by someone else's weddi
