Jaxen POV
“Scarlett, where are you?”
The phone rang all the way to the last tone. I almost hung up. Then the line clicked open. She didn’t speak. I didn’t either. Just listened to her soft breathing on the other end. Between demanding answers and ending the call, I finally forced her name out. It came out rough.
The day had been s**t from the start.
I woke up, made breakfast, and knocked on her door a few times. Nothing. Opened it and found the room empty.
By noon I checked Delaney’s restaurant. The manager said she hadn’t shown up at all.
I already had the feeling she wouldn’t come back to Thorn Park that afternoon. Still canceled every meeting and waited at the house, anyway.
I waited until almost midnight before I broke and called.
Thank f**k she answered.
Otherwise I didn’t kn
