Chapter Twenty Eight

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Valérie sets her glass of wine on the coffee table as she pulled her legs up to tuck under her lap. She turned to Henry, grabbing the book from his hand to set on the table beside her glass as he chuckled, turning toward her.

"Yes, kitten..."He smirked, resting his hands on her thighs as she moved to straddle him.

"I want to talk."She said.

"Okay... I have to tell you; it might be hard for me to concentrate."He tells her, glancing down at her panties, dragging his eyes up her stomach to her breasts where her nipples were pressed against the thin fabric.

She giggled, running her hands up his hairy chest to wrap her arms around his neck "Well, me first and then you..."

"Fair enough. Speak."He demanded softly, digging his fingers into the flesh of her thighs as she raked her lip through her teeth "The wedding... I've been thinjking."

Henry tensed slightly, a slight worry washing over him as he cocked his head to the side "What about it? Don't tell me you're changing your mind..."

"What? Don't be stupid, puppy."She laughed, shaking her head. She smiled coquettishly as he growled, moving his hands to her ass "I don't want a big wedding. I know we've been going back and forth about details. But I think I want to get married in Jersey, just us, your immediate family, my parents, my brother and Maggie. Something small and intimate. I just want it about us."

"That sounds perfect, Valérie. I love it."He said, leaning towards her to press a kiss to her lips, breaking away as Kal and Cavilla leaps to his feet just as there was a knock on the door.

Henry frowned "It's late, who is that?"

She shrugged, climbing off his lap to wrap a blanket around her as he throws a shirt over his boxers. She follwoed him to the front door, frowning at the sight of Chloe in front of her "What are you doing here?"

Henry holds his arm up, nudging her back as he glared at Chloe and he asked "What do you want?"

"Please, I need help."Chloe said.

"How did you find out where I live?"Henry asked.

Chloe shrugged, blushing slightly as she motioned to Valérie "I followed her gome."

"Unbelievable!"Valérie scoffed as Henry sighed moving to let Chloe in, shutting the door behind her as he turned to Valérie "Take Kal and Cavilla upstairs."

"No."Valérie said, shaking her head as he cocked a brow.

"Go."He demanded as she hesitated before huffing and doing as he says. He sighed, turning back to Chloe with a grimance "Tell me what you want. I want you to go back to Nîmes and never see you again."

Chloe said "I can't. I don't have any more money to get home."

Henry rolled his eyes, grabbing his phone from the coffee table. He glanced up at her over the top of the phone as he tells her "You really are a shitty so-called friend. Because of you, Valérie has trust issues. Because of you, she had to move to another country and acclimate to a new culture and find a job. She had to move away and start over."

Chloe scoffed, crossing her arms over her chest "Yeah but she has you. So she'll be fine."

He sighed, shaking his head "Fine. I booked you a first-class flight back to Nîmes. You have some sort of banking information?"

He accepted her phone to input the information, transferring roughtly fifty grand into her account before handing her phone back to her. He grabbed her wrist as she accepted her phone back to her and threatened "I don't want to see or hear from you ever again. I don't want to hear about you bothering my Valérie or showing up at her work. Or here. If I see or hear from you, I will file a restraining order for stalking and harassment. You understand me?"

Chloe huffed, yanking her arm away from him "Yeah, okay."

"I mean it

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"I mean it. Leave and never come back."He growled, pushing her out of his house gently but firmly.

Valérie hears the front door slam, sitting up in the bed to nudge Kal and Cavilla off as Henry entered the bedroom, shutting the door softly behind him.

"What happened?"She asked.

"I got rid of her. She won't bother us anymore. What about the beginning of January, right after the new year. Or we could wait until it gets warmer if you like."He told her as he crawled into bed beside her, pulling her to his chest.

She smiled at the sudden topic change, smiling up at him from where her head rests on his chest "January sounds good. I've had enough warm to last a lifetime."

"Good. I love you, Valérie."He said with a smile.

"I love you too, Henry

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"I love you too, Henry."She said and she slides her hand to the back of his neck pulling his mouth to hers as he turned to roll her onto her back.


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