"Have you told him off?" Christy asked. She wanted to ask for the full details, but this was not her place to ask.
Ellen opened her mouth to speak, but the words could barely leave her mouth when the phone began ringing again. The thoughts of how Varian would feel if he heard that she was still in communication with Ronan crossed her mind. She knew he would not like it. While they spent those days together, she had mentioned that she specifically told him that it was over between them, even though there was never again in the first place.
She took a deep breath and slid her hand across the screen before it could go straight to voicemail, as it had done twice before. She put it to her ears and took another deep breath with her eyes closed.
"Ellen? I am so glad you picked up," Ronan's voi
