Page 140 of Oracle Returns: Time will Stop

This was going to be a wild ride.

The only reason he held it back was because the man’s wife had just died.

“I don’t know how to deal with this,” Ridge admitted. “We didn’t talk about what happened in the static so the wives would be okay, and now, we’re talking about what happened in the static because it’s going to happen here now too.”

He was well aware.

Well, at least that gave him a clue that they were going to continue their relationship on this plane.

“You? When Bishop confronted me last night, I thought my marriage was over. Now, it’s back to normal. She was a little pissed that you didn’t tell me the truth when we had consummated this, but that was the only anger. May I suggest one thing?”

He lifted a brow.

“What?” he asked.

Lucian went there.

“No more lies, Ridge—not only to her, but to me too. I should have been told the truth the second I was in your body. I should have been warned.”

Yeah, he knew, and Ridge was sorry that he’d done it.

Mostly.

In a way, he was glad Wynter never found out that they’d done that. If she had, he would have broken them before her death, and she would have left him.

No.

Doubt.

Cheating in a marriage was the surefire way to end it in both of their books.

Honestly, he still couldn’t believe she was gone, and he was going to have to figure all of this out.

“There’s nothing to lie about,” he admitted. “Except to myself that I will be okay. I don’t know if I will be, Lucian. My wife relied on me, and I dropped the ball.”

He kissed him, softly at first, but then the lust had him by the throat. He deepened it, and in that connection, the static screamed for them.

It tried to lure them under, since it had been hours since they’d satiated that need.

Yeah, today was going to be rough.

They were both having blue balls physically and metaphysically.

As there was that tangle of tongues, and Ridge began fighting to pull back from the brink of taking them into the static.

He couldn’t do this.

He wasn’t emotionally able.

While his body craved it, his heart was still tied to Wynter, and how he’d broken them.

“Lucian, I can’t,” he whispered. “I can’t do it. I can’t go into the static or have sex on either plane. Please, stop.”

Oh, he was well aware. There was no shock there.

So, he backed off.

“I know, Ridge. I know. I just wanted you to know that I’m here for when you’re ready. Take as much time as you need.”