Keeping Their Love (Griffin Brothers #7) Read Online Free PDF

know it won’t be.
    I greet Sam and Erika
as I walk into the store. They’ve been doing their best to calm my
wife down, too. Everyone but her realizes that if she closes the
doors to this store, she’s not failing her parents. But it’s hard
to be practical when your emotions are involved. I’d give her the
money to keep the store going in a heartbeat. Hell, I wouldn’t have
to even give it to her. We’ve been married for a few years now with
joint bank accounts. She could just take what she needs, but she
won’t. That’s a big part of why I love her, but it frustrates the
fuck out of me, too.
    “Hi, baby,” I tell
her as I walk to the back room.
    “Daddy!”
    “Well, hello Little
Man,” I say as I pick Dave up and throw him over my shoulder before
continuing to walk over to his mommy.
    I kiss her passionately
as I always do when I see her. Kid or no kid, she’s still my sexy
wife. It’s important to me that she always knows how hot I still
think she is, even several years and a little boy later.
    “Hi, Pretty Boy,”
she says as she caresses my cheek.
    “You look sad.”
    “I’m always sad. I
know it. You’ve been great about it.”
    “I’m here forever,
Yas. I know it won’t always be hearts and flowers. I’m good with
everything. I hate to see you upset, but I know it won’t last.”
    “Please don’t offer
to bail me out again.”
    “I’m not going to.
You have access to whatever money you need, you know that. So, I’m
just going to let you do what you think is best.”
    She hops up onto one of
the sorting tables, and pats the spot next to her. “Danny, can you
take Dave out front for a few minutes?”
    “Sure.”
    I hand off our little
guy, who I’d left squirming on my shoulder as I saw to his mom.
Once they’re out the door, I jump up next to her and take her hand.
She smiles up at me, one of the first real smiles I’ve seen from
her in a while. Well, outside of bed. I always make her smile when
we’re in bed.
    “Stop thinking about
sex,” she says with a laugh, slapping my arm.
    “I can’t when I’m
with you,” I tell her with a shrug.
    “Can I see my
tattoo?”
    That’s a weird
request, but I reach back and pull my shirt over my head. She leans
forward to trace the book with her name that resides over my heart.
Then she kisses it, tracing it with her tongue. I want to hold her,
but I feel like I just need to let her do what she needs to instead.
After a few seconds, she sits back and gives a sad smile.
    “You’ll have to
change that if I close the store.”
    “No. This is where we
met. And even when you were being a crazy pen lady, I knew I wanted
you. I even ruined a sexy book for you once. A book is perfect for
you.”
    “I am not a crazy pen lady. And you did ruin that book, and then left me wanting.”
    “I haven’t left you
wanting ever again, and I feed your pen love all the time.”
    “True.”
    “Plus I’m getting
you smiling and laughing. So I think I win as best husband ever.”
    “You’re definitely
a finalist.”
    “I’ll take that for
the moment.”
    “I’m closing the
store. I don’t know what I’m going to do afterwards. I can’t
just sit home all day, even though I know I could .”
    “Whatever you want is
what I want. You know that.”
    “I do. I just feel
like I’m disappointing you.”
    “And them?” I say,
meaning her parents.
    “Actually, no. I
realized that they would’ve done it before now. Because it’s the
right choice. In this economy, a small bookstore isn’t going to
thrive. Although I want to help my friends Scott and Drew with The
Writer’s Block. I’ll send as many of my customers as possible to
them. Some people still won’t go downtown, but I want to convince
them it’s safe.”
    “Yeah. We’ll help
the guys however we can. And for the record, you’re not
disappointing me at all .
I just want you to be happy.”
    “You make me happy.
I’ll find something to do.”
    I already have that
figured out, but like