ERIC's POV

"Come sit with me, wife," I told her, abruptly stopping her from taking the seat opposite from the model. Then, with her eyes pinned to the ground, she walked up to me and tried sitting on the chair beside me, but I stopped her yet again.

"Not there, wife, on my lap," I said, patting my thighs. I expected her to give me the innocent look with silently pleading eyes, but she didn't. She simply nodded and sat on my lap. It was surprising that she did, but that surprise was soon ...