Chapter 86 Ambush

• CALLIE'S POV
• The restaurant was one of those upscale places with cloth napkins and prices that made me wince—Renan's choice, not mine. But he'd insisted on treating me to a nice lunch after the stress of the past few weeks, and I wasn't about to argue.
• I was early, as usual, sitting at a corner table scrolling through my phone while I waited. The hostess had mentioned Renan called to say he'd be fifteen minutes late due to some unavoidable delays.