Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

“So this is where you’ve been going?” she said, still facing
out. “Not a hundred yards away from me.”
I came up behind her. “Never.”
All the nights I was away, I was still here.
I held her waist with one hand and leaned on the railing
with the other, staring out at the house and thinking about
where we were five years ago today.
It was Halloween, and I’d just been arrested.
“How are you?” she asked.
I knew she meant my father. If I was upset.
I still wasn’t sure. I was glad he was gone, but I was still
trying to figure out what this meant and what the next step
was.
The important thing was I wasn’t alone anymore, and that
made a huge difference. We were going to be fine.
Unfortunately, not as fine as I wanted, though.
“I have no money, no home, a wife, and a probably
pregnant girlfriend,” I said, trying to tease.
But even I knew the amount of shit that needed to be
cleaned up when I woke up tomorrow. I had a lot to do.
She was quiet for a moment, but then said, “I wonder if it’s
easier to get an annulment if the marriage was never
consummated.” She let the words hang in the air a minute. “If
it was never consummated.”
I looked down at her, knowing what she was worried
about. Did I sleep with Ari…
I reached around and turned her chin toward me. “It’s
called fraud,” I explained. “When you enter into a marriage
with no intention of consummating it. I’m way ahead of you,
Devil.”
An embarrassed little smile tugged at her lips, and I could
see her shoulders relaxing.