With the way my shoulder was beginning to ache something fierce, I probably should’ve stopped by the pharmacy to pick up my prescription first, but I could handle it. One moment.”Īs she looked up his information, I drummed my fingers on the counter and waited, impatient to see Bash after such a crazy night. “Hi, Kieran Bailey to see Sebastian Vogel, please.” With Bash in the penthouse, I needed special access to head up there, which meant giving him a heads-up that he had a visitor. The doors to the Regent slid open in front of me, and I walked inside and headed toward the front desk. That seemed the most plausible, but it didn’t explain why I had a gnawing feeling in my gut.

Or maybe he’d gotten caught up in work the same way I had and hadn’t been able to message me back yet.

Shit, or had he gotten the wrong idea about Summer being there? God, she’d been territorial as fuck, but I just brushed it off, knowing I wouldn’t be getting in touch like she expected. Maybe he was just shaken up from seeing me injured and not being able to get a hold of me? My line of work wasn’t easy to adjust to, and it might be par for the course for me, but I could see how I’d be freaked out if I were in his shoes. Radio silence all day, and after his strange behavior this morning, I didn’t have a good feeling about it. I figured by the time I was finished with my reports I would’ve at least gotten a text back, but nope. Bash said he had meetings this morning, but that had been hours ago. I CHECKED MY phone yet again and sighed before shoving it back in my pocket.

Dare You by Ella Frank