Page 92 of Burning Love
He never expected he’d be the one to feel it and have to say it first.
He couldn’t get the words out of his mouth.
Didn’t his actions say enough?
He met her mother and brother.
He let his sister Kelsey meet Talia.
How could anyone call that sabotage?
He finished what he was doing and then went to his office to read over the application.
When he was done an hour later, he’d made some changes, and then sent it off, keeping it as professional as he could.
It was a work email and there was no reason to draw eyes to what they had outside.
If it was anything now.
He got up to check on his guys and returned to his desk two hours later.
He hadn’t expected a response from Talia since it was the weekend, but should have known she was on top of things in her job.
She was out to prove she had what it took as well.
He never talked to her when he was working, but didn’t like the distance either.
Jace picked his phone up and sent a text. Just to see how she was doing. Keeping it light.
Before he could put it back down, an emoji came back with a sad face and tears.
He panicked and hit the button to call.
Had something happened in the past two days to someone or her?
“What’s wrong?” he asked when she answered.
“Are you working?”
“Yes. But you’re crying. What happened?”
She laughed on the other end. “I’m not crying. That was just how I was feeling right now. I’m sad.”
His heart slowed down. “Oh. Everything okay?”
“I don’t know. I haven’t talked to you in a few days.”
“Yeah, you left.”
She sighed. “I’m sorry about that. My temper got the best of me. I was so mad that you said that about yourself and me. About us.”
“I was speaking the truth.”
“I’m going to get mad again when I don’t want to. I came home and vented to my mother. She put me in my place.”
He wasn’t sure how he felt about that. That she went to her mother with a bad day.
Yeah, he knew how he felt.
