Chapter 23
MickyAnother family dinner wasn't exactly what I needed in the midst of a long and exhausting week at work, but I knew it was incredibly important to Pete. Tonight, he planned to propose to Clarissa, and he wanted his family there to support him. Clarissa's parents arrived in town for a long weekend and to meet his mother, which is why he'd picked tonight for the proposal. Our father had an emergency and missed his flight. He was "trying" to rebook. Pretty typical.
I escaped the elevator right at 5:00 p.m. to head out when I got a text from Nick asking how my day was going. Rather than just text back, I called him when I got in my car.
"You could have texted me back, beautiful," he said as soon as he answered the phone. My toes curled in my shoes.
"I'm leaving the office so
