Chapter 56

Connor O’Callahan was two months away from finishing his sixtieth lap around the sun. He was just over five-foot-nine-inches tall, and weighed two-hundred-and-eighty pounds. His hair was gray and only existed in a short patch that circled from ear to ear. The gray hairs that grew out of his ears would be longer and healthier than the hair on his scalp if he didn’t cut them back.

His eyesight wasn’t what it used to be in his youth. He was nearsighted and had been since his thirties, but for the last decade, he’d needed reading glasses too, so he wore bifocals. He had the money to get laser eye surgery, but he feared the idea of a hot laser slicing through his eyes.

His hearing had started to go too and he wondered if he’d manage to hold onto it long enough so he wouldn’t need hearing aids before he retired. If he did, he might consider retiring early. His son would be out of the house and off to college in less than a year. Part of him knew that his son had stayed with him to finish school with his friends and not because he especially loved dear old dad more than mom. But his ex moved back to Oklahoma and his son didn’t want to spend his senior year as the new guy in some podunk town in Oklahoma.

But Connor was a successful vice president at one of the biggest marketing firms in Texas. He’d been bringing home more money than he’d ever needed for almost two decades now. He’d socked away enough that his son could inherit the houses and the money, be able to pay the taxes and still have enough left over to pay for college, grad school, and whatever else he needed for at least a decade of unemployment if necessary.

But he doubted his son would need it. He wasn’t the best student, but he could be personable and charismatic when necessary, just like his father. He’d make a good middle manager at the very least, someday.

And Connor had Kaitlyn. He was still sometimes amazed that he’d managed to find that piece. She was young and sexy and made him feel the same when she was around. Of course, he knew, she didn’t love him. She was with him for the money and because he was a powerful guy. That’s why he’d insisted on a prenup.

What he hadn’t counted on was that lately, she’d gone completely frigid towards him. More so than even his ex ever had. Hell, the only time he and his ex had ever gone without sex for more than a week was for two months after she delivered their son, and even then, she’d felt sympathetic and given him a few handies and a couple blowjobs.

Of course, he’d been fucking his secretary during her entire pregnancy and for two years after before that secretary got married and quit.

Connor had big plans for this weekend though. His son was taking a trip to Oklahoma to see his mother over the weekend, which meant he and Kaitlyn would have the whole weekend to themselves. Connor’d already bought some spicy gifts and planned to come home and sweep her off her feet.

Not literally though, his back and knees couldn’t take that, even though she was small and fit, he’d probably hurt himself if he actually tried to lift her.

No, but he was going to pack her into the car and drive over to the lake house with her. He knew Kaitlyn thought the lake house was the greatest place on Earth. And in the past, it had some magical powers with her. He’d never failed to get lucky with her on a visit there, even when his son was just a few rooms away.

On his way home from work, he stopped to get her favorite Thai food and bought a bouquet of roses. He already had some other gifts hidden in his office.

He pulled into the garage and carefully put the plastic sack of food containers on his arm before picking up the bouquet and then walked into the house, slapping the garage door button and opening the door with his free hand.