Chapter 39
AlexaThe gravelly rumble in Graham’s voice reverberated in my mind, short-circuiting my sleep and leaving me tired all the next day.
I couldn’t fool myself. My residual attraction to him didn’t mean we had a future. It meant we’d had a past, which was best left behind us both.
Stepping through the door after work that evening, I collapsed on my couch, too tired to even figure out what to eat for dinner when Adam called. We talked for a few minutes, and then he signed off as he always did.
“Goodnight, beautiful. I’ll be thinking of you.”
Soon, I drifted to uneasy sleep on the couch with Adam on my mind.
My phone rang me awake with a start. I fumbled for the device shaking on my coffee table, unsure of how much time had passed, and blinked to clear my vision. My mother’s fac
