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“No,” Sally said. “Nina’s, silly. It just happens to be your office too.”

Nina spotted people gathering in the hallway outside the office door. “Why’s everyone in the corridor?”

“Celebrity spotting, that’s why,” Sally said. “I told them all he’s coming.”

Nina groaned. “Sally.”

“What?” Sally said. “We all need a bit of excitement on this rainy day.”

“Shit,” Nina said, glancing at Matt. “Why do you think he’s here?”

Matt rolled his eyes. “For goodness’ sake, woman, isn’t it obvious? He’s come to sweep you off your feet.”

She shook her head. “This isn’t a movie, Matt.”

“It could be,” he said, “with the plot so far. And don’t look now but here comes our happy ever after.”

Nina turned to see Cameron excusing himself through the crowd at the doorway. He finally made it over the threshold of the office and locked eyes with her.

“Hi,” he said.

Nina nearly fell off her chair at sight of him. How could he have become even more handsome in the few weeks she’d been away from him? She couldn’t speak.

Matt got to his feet. “Right!” he shouted. “Everybody out!” He strode over to Sally and herded her out of the room, paused to shake a bemused-looking Cameron’s hand, then followed Sally out and shut the door.

Nina stood, her legs wobbling. “What brings you here? Missed the weather?”

He laughed. “Yeah, but that’s not all I missed.” He closed the gap between them and Nina held onto the desk to anchor her jelly legs. He lifted a hand to her cheek. “It’s so good to see you again.”

She swallowed to try to lubricate her throat. “You too.” She took a deep breath. “Unbelievably good.”

He smiled and his intense hazel gaze made her insides flutter. “I’ve been speaking to Isla.”

“Oh yeah?” Nina said slowly. Was that a good thing or a bad thing?

He nodded. “She told me some stuff that I wanted to corroborate with you.”

Nina studied him. “So you flew out here?”

He nodded. “I figured this way you couldn’t ditch my calls.”

Guilt washed over her as she realised the selfishness of her self-preservation measures. “I’m sorry.”

He took her hands. “That’s okay. But I think we need to be honest with each other.”

Her heart rate rose. Was he going to say what she thought he was? Surely, he wouldn’t have come all the way here just to tell her in person that he wasn’t interested?

She squeezed his hands. “How’s Ash?”

“I’ve not spoken to her in a while, not since the results came back,” he said.

Nina’s heart rose into her mouth.

“It’s not mine,” he said. “It’s Zac’s.”

A weird mixture of relief and disappointment engulfed her—relief that the man she loved wasn’t imminently having a baby with another woman, but disappointment for Ash that the father of her baby was the king of all douchebags. She cleared her throat. “Poor Ash.”

He nodded. “Needless to say, he didn’t want to know. But I think it was good for her to be honest. She finally managed to see that the guy has no redeeming qualities whatsoever and she shook him off.”