Her non-answer was enough for him to realize that yes, he would always come in second to the office. The question was now, would he be able to get over that? To live like that? He'd thought he could have, back when they'd settled on one another, made all kinds of promises to one another that were already starting to crumble around them and they weren't even married yet!

"Seriously? I have one legitimate and important question, that you didn't answer, by the way, and you're trying to hand it back to me?" He ran a frustrated hand through his hair, attempted to take a calming breath. "Is that what you really think of me?" He turned the question back on her with zero qualms, blue eyes trained on hers, though he tried to hide any underlying emotions flurrying through his system.