CALHOUN’S POV.
The office was quiet.
I sat behind my desk, eyes fixed on the laptop screen in front of me. Numbers, reports, contracts. Normally this kind of work cleared my head.
Not today.
Every few seconds the same image forced its way back into my mind.
Maddie.
Jeremy.
Kissing.
My jaw tightened.
I tried to focus on the screen again.
Failed.
The memory replayed like a broken film reel.
Her hands on him.
His mouth on hers.
The sound of her voice saying his name.
My fingers paused above the keyboard.
A slow breath left my lungs.
I had seen many things in my life.
Violence.
Betrayal.
Blood.
None of it had felt like that moment.
None of it had twisted something inside my chest the way that kiss did.
The office door suddenly burst open.
Before I could even turn—
A fi
