[Nadia’s POV]
The phone call with Katie worried me. She didn’t sound too happy.
‘Is it her mom again?’ I wondered.
It saddened me that I had not been completely honest with her. I haven’t ever concealed so much from her. If she knew about the client thing, she would have flipped for sure.
As I mulled over these things, the door to the room opened.
Derek had walked in, looking exhausted. He loosened his tie as he walked further into the room. I didn’t want to analyse it too much. But having worried for him and fussing over him for years, I couldn’t help but feel like asking what had him looking this way.
I restrained myself.
“I want to stay here with Aunt,” I said instead, leaning against the headboard. I didn’t look at him while pretending to be on my phone.
I was still manag
