“Good thing we leave tomorrow,” I tell her as she gets up, and I see her ass all pink from all the times I smacked her. I didn’t think I was doing it that hard, and she kept telling me to do it harder.

“I haven’t even packed,” she says, and I look over at her. “I thought we had more time. I didn’t think you would win in five games,” she says. We said that we would take off for three weeks just the two of us to a secluded island where I wanted her to have no tan lines. I had it all set up, and after last night’s win, all I had to do was the confirmation, which I did as soon as I was dressed and headed out. “I told your parents we would call them for dinner.”

“I have to nap after this party,” I say to her, getting into the shower with her, and when we finally walk out of the apartment, my hand grabs her, and I bring it to my lips. We get in the car and make our way over to Viktor’s party. We arrive there, and no one really says anything about us arriving together. She walks over to Karrie and hugs her, and I look around and see the guy at the bar. All of us look rough. “Who actually slept last night?” I ask, grabbing a water bottle from the bar.

Evan puts his hand up. “I crashed as soon as I got home.” And all of us look at him. “Hey, we have a newborn. Do you know how precious sleep is to us?” I shake my head and laugh while everyone comes in, and we wait for Viktor. It’s a surprise party that Zoe set up for him to celebrate his one year.

When he walks in, he is more surprised than ever, but he also looks like he didn’t sleep. Everyone sits down, and when I look over, I see the women are all sitting together, so I grab a seat next to Max and Matthew. All of us are still pretty much riding the wave from last night. When I see people start to slowly leave, I try to catch Vivienne’s attention, but she is laughing away with Karrie, and now Matthew has joined them, sitting next to Karrie.

I push away from the table and walk up to Viktor and shake his hand. “Congrats,” I tell him smiling. “I’m going to head out.” Viktor shakes my hand and thanks me for coming.