(Reese)
I walked back into my office like nothing had happened.
That was the only way I knew how to do it. My hair was still in place, my clothes were still clean, and my phone was still in my hand. If anyone looked at me too closely, they might have seen the truth, so I didn’t give them enough time to try.
Simone was waiting near the worktable with her tablet pressed against her chest.
Her eyes moved over me once, then toward the glass doors behind me. Kane was standing near the elevator like Noah promised, not inside my office, not close enough to hear everything. Still, his presence changed the room whether anyone wanted to admit it or not.
“You’re back,” Simone said.
“I said I would be.”
“You also said that like your life wasn’t turning into a crime show outside my lobby.”
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