"Huh? Oh! Yeah! Yeah mate, I'm fine.." he replied, but it didn't satisfy Jake "I'm not buying it mate, what's going on? You know you can tell me anyth...ng, we've know each other for a long time, right?" Jake put his hand on Paul's shoulder, keeping it there as he continued to look at Paul, this didn't help, the tingling only got more and more intense and Paul couldn't ignore it, he moved forward and went in for a kiss "What the fuck! Mate, what're you doing?!" Jake pulled away and looked at Paul. As long as no one knew, I could pretend they were all innocent. If she admitted it, how could I ever trust Kate again?I could feel the return of the anger I’d felt that night—the betrayal of having Kate assume she should be a slave to me—like Wendy. Only she was nothing like Wendy. Kate was the most headstrong and unbendable woman I’d ever met. She completely ruined it that night. I hadn’t called her ‘Kitten’ since. In fact, I had avoided little pet names, not even calling Melody ‘Meddy’ lest. As the gust subsided, I was about to drop the lid closed when I noticed a white oblong cardboard box, laying on top of the rest of the trash. At first I thought it was the package for a tube of toothpaste, but it wasn't. It was the package for a home pregnancy test. I stood in surprise as I stared down at it. I had a 'what-the-fuck'? moment, when I realized that the only reason for the presence of such a thing in our trash can, was that my wife thought she might be pregnant---but since she and. "It just so happens I might have an office suitable, it's above myboxing gym. I don't want to let it out to a stranger, but if you wantit, it's yours." He smiled. "There's just one thing I want to say toyou before my daughter gets here and that's if you ever hurt her I'llhurt you ten times as badly. Clear?" Ye...Yes Sir, I wouldn't do that, ever Sir." I thought it wise todress him formally with that, to be honest he terrified me."Good, now I'll have Jilly show you the place tomorrow. I'll.