Chapter: 63

"There you two are," a sultry voice broke through the uneasy silence.

I stiffened when a hand stroked my back, the scent of jasmine wrapping around me. The familiar comfort it should have brought eluded me, replaced instead by puzzling agitation.

Celeste leaned over, her long golden curls brushing the granite of the countertop. "Hi, babe." She beamed, her hands stroking up my back to my neck.

The urge to shrug her hands off me hit me, and I frowned to myself. What the fuck was wrong with me? This was Celeste, the woman I loved. Her touch was welcome. She was-

She pressed her body against my side and leaned in, her lips brushing the shell of my ear as she whispered, "I've missed you."