Moss looked at Joanna, his fingers gently lifting her chin. “Separated for over twenty years? That almost sounds like you are complaining about being lonely all this time. Maybe tonight, I should make up for it.”
Joanna just stared at him, speechless.
She smacked his hand away. “Why don’t you go find your precious first love? I wasn’t around all these years. Did you already move her into our old bed?”
Moss’s eyes went cold. “How many times do I have to say it? Nothing ever happened between me and Louise.”
Joanna lifted an eyebrow. “Oh, really? So in all this time, you never slept with Louise?”
Moss scowled. “Stop judging me with your twisted imagination.”
Wait, was he actually telling the truth?
Joanna couldn’t help herself. “So, what, you spent all these years chasing other women? Secretaries? College girls?”
Moss let out a frustrated sigh. “Joanna.”
She grinned, unfazed. “Why are you getting so worked up? Did I hit a nerve? Don’t even try to tell me you’ve been celibate for twenty years. No one would believe that.”
Moss’s eyes dropped to her lips. The next second, he leaned in and kissed her, hard.
Joanna’s eyes went wide. She tried to push him away, but Moss caught her wrists and pinned them against the wall, kissing her deeply, pushing past her resistance.
Her cheeks flushed. They weren’t exactly young anymore, but Moss still kissed her like he couldn’t get enough.
She managed to mumble, “Let me go,” against his mouth.
Joanna bit his lip, sharp and sudden.
Joanna stepped close to Louise and lowered her voice with a little smile. “I’ve been gone over twenty years, and you still haven’t become his wife. Not your best work, is it, Louise?”
For a second, the fake sweetness slipped from Louise’s face.
Joanna kept going, her tone almost sympathetic. “Come on, Louise. You’re not exactly young now, are you? In your forties? I almost feel sorry for you. It’s one thing to steal someone’s husband when you’re twenty, but still playing the other woman at your age? That’s just getting sad.”
Louise’s face turned pale, her hands curling into fists. “Joanna…”
Joanna shot Moss a look. “Goodbye, Mr. Wade.”
Without another word, she walked off.
Louise gathered herself and moved to Moss’s side. “Moss, you still haven’t explained everything to Ms. Johnson? She can insult me all she wants. I just hate seeing you two fight because of me.”

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