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“What is there to talk about? The alarm woke me up in the middle of the night and after that, I was too freaked to go back to sleep. It’s nothing new, Han.”
“But I thought it was getting better?”
“It was…”
She stops typing and turns to me, arching a brow. “But?”
“But then Noah came back and led him right to me.”
“What?” she whisper-yells, looking around the office like we’re trading governmental secrets. “How do you know?”
“He left a rose on my porch the other day.”
She studies me for a moment, fear in her eyes. The same fear that’s settled deep down in my soul since Noah found me. “Are you sure it was him?”
“Pretty sure,” I answer with a shrug. “I asked both Mason and Noah and neither one of them left it so unless it was you…”
“Maybe Noah’s just messing with you.”
I shake my head. “There isn’t a whole lot Noah wouldn’t do but I can confidently say he wouldn’t do this. What would be the point? He wants to win me back, not scare me to death.”
“But he wouldn’t know that it would scare you, would he?”
“That’s true,” I concede. “But you didn’t see his face when I asked him about it. He genuinely had no idea what I was talking about.”
“And it’s not Mason?”
“No. He was with me when I found it and he assumed it was from Noah and got pissed.”
Dr. Hebert walks out of his office, interrupting our conversation, and we both flash him a smile. “I’m off for the evening, ladies. Make sure you lock up and set the alarm before you go.”
“We will, Sir,” I tell him and he shakes his head, chuckling as he waves and disappears down the hallway to the back door. As soon as he’s out of earshot, Hannah turns back to me.
“There’s something happening between you and Noah, isn’t there?” The shit eating grin on her face makes me want to object just on principle.
“No. He and I can’t be together anymore and this just proves why.”
She nods, turning back to the computer but she starts chewing her bottom lip as she types and I can practically see the wheels of her mind turning. Without warning, she stops and whips her head to me.
“Go with me on this for a second…”
I nod, wary of whatever train of thought put the triumphant look on her face.
“Say, he has already found you, right?”
I nod again, my stomach doing a little flip.
“And if that’s the case, it means you’re already in danger so what’s stopping you from following your heart and working things out with Noah?”
Narrowing my eyes, I lean back in my chair and cross my arms over my chest. “And what makes you so sure that my heart wants Noah?”
“We’ll just call it a hunch,” she says, rolling her eyes as she turns back to the computer and presses a few buttons. “There. I’m ready to go.”
I stand up as she turns off the computer and gathers her things and when she’s ready, we head down the hallway to the back room. As she sets the alarm, I wait by the back door and when the beeping starts, we run outside and close the door behind us, making sure it’s locked up tight.
“You ever feel like you’re in a spy movie or something when we do that?” she asks with a laugh and I join her.
“Kady?” a voice calls and I turn toward the parking lot where a large man is waiting by Hannah’s car. He looks vaguely familiar and I tilt my head to the side, studying him, trying to place where I know him from.
