Chapter 40

• I adjusted my blouse for the third time, fingers trembling slightly as I heard Caleb’s footsteps echoing down the hallway. The office was empty.. had been for over an hour. Everyone else had gone home, but I was still here, pretending like it was just about finishing up work.
• Maybe it was polite to wait. Maybe that’s all this was. Or maybe…
• I waved the thought off, biting my lip as I straightened a few files on my desk, like that would somehow settle my nerves. I wasn’t staying here for him. I wasn’t that person.