Unbreakable by Blayne Cooper Page A

moving to pat her back.
    She glared up him. "Do not– Aaa–aaaa–aachu!"
    "Bless you again, sweetheart."
    "Shut-up, En–" She shook her head wildly. "Aaaaaaaaachu!"
    "Gesundheit."
    In a lightning fast move, she wrapped her arms around his bare legs and propelled them both back onto the bed, sending several pillows and a quilt tumbling to the floor in the process.
    Enrique landed with a grunt but quickly turned the tables on Audrey. He straddled her and pinned her arms over her head. "Oh, no, you don't!"
    She grinned unrepentantly. "Oh, yes, I do!" Then her eyes widened and her nose twitched. "I–aaa–aaa–"
    "Here." With one hand, he grabbed a pillow and pressed it over Audrey's face as she sneezed and then thrashed around, her muffled squeals of laughter still loud enough to make Enrique cringe.
    Then they heard a loud knock on their bedroom wall. "Hey!" Ricky Jr.'s voice caused them to freeze and Enrique lifted up the pillow so a red-faced, disheveled Audrey could hear, too. "Could you keep it down in there, Mama and Papa? I have school in the morning, ya know."
    "We'll be good, mijito," Audrey called out, her words laced with humor. "We promise."
    "Don't make me come in there," Ricky Jr. called out playfully, giving the wall a final knock before burying his head under his blankets.
    Enrique and Audrey stuck their tongues out at each other. "It's your fault," they both whispered at the same time, each dissolving into muffled laughter at the other's words.
    "Whew." Enrique settled next to Audrey and held out his arm, waiting until she turned off the bedroom light and tugged up the wrinkled quilt before wrapping a strong
    arm around her and sighing. "You do smell good," he said in a low voice, smiling into the darkness.
    She chuckled. "I should." She sat up a little and stripped out of her nightgown, tossing it onto the floor before snuggling back into her place with a happy grunt. "Mm… Better."
    "Much." He ran his fingers up her bare back, lightly rubbing her spine as he went. "Now, tell me why you're not going to Missouri when I know you want to."
    Audrey felt a big portion of her good mood vanish. She let out an unhappy breath. "Why should I go, Enrique? I'd rather stay here."
    He nodded a little. "Good."
    She blinked. "Really? You don't think I should go?"
    "Not really." He made a dismissive motion with one hand. "I never want you to go away because I miss you when you're gone. But that's not the point. Gwen didn't give enough notice to plan for such a big trip. That was presumptuous of her to think you'd want to go or that we could afford something so large at the last minute."
    "Inside Gwen's invitation was a first class plane ticket. She didn't have to do that," she murmured into his shoulder, her hand finding its way to his chest where her fingers played with the dark, curly hair there. "But it's not like she can't afford it either." The anger and hurt she felt towards Gwen reared its head with little provocation. "And what about her snooping in our business? How can I forgive that?"
    "You don't know that she has."
    "I told you what Katy said. Somebody's been checking us all out. She had her friend look. It only makes sense if it was Gwen."
    "Why does that make sense?" He twirled one of Audrey's curls between his fingers.
    "Because Gwen would do something like that. She's always been nosy."
    "If she did do that, and we don't know that she did, I don't appreciate it either." He bussed her cheek. "She had to find you, didn't she? Maybe she hired someone and that's how they tracked us down."
    "Hm."
    "It's not like we have anything to hide, Audrey. We're doing really well, right?" Unexpectedly, he smiled, white teeth flashing in the muted light. "Our savings account is accruing faster than I realized. I was really surprised when I met with the loan officer last week. We won't even need a loan to fix up the apartment for the kids."
    Audrey shifted uncomfortably. Finances and the amount of overtime she worked had