Scarlett POV
Half an hour later, I stood in front of the bathroom mirror, patting the last of my face cream into my skin. Delaney barged in without knocking, phone held up like a damn trophy.
The name on the screen hit me like a gut punch.
Jaxen calling... voice chat.
I frowned, my stomach doing a weird flip.
“What the hell did you two even talk about before he hit call?”
“Nothing. He just replied and went straight to this.” Delaney looked as lost as I felt, her thumb hovering over the green button.
“Pick up or...?”
I rubbed the last bit of cream into my cheeks, the faint scent clinging to my fingers.
“Yeah, go for it. Speakerphone.”
She tapped accept and dropped onto the stool beside me, eyes glued to my face like she was waiting for a reaction.
Jaxen’s voice filled the sma
