CHAPTER 34
Jade didn’t realize how badly she needed a caffeine infusion until Ben mentioned coffee. She hoped he wouldn’t be too long and tried to convince herself that her impatience was only because she needed help waking up, not because she was anxious to see him again.
Dez was too perceptive for her own good. The truth was Jade did find Ben attractive, and the more she’d gotten to know him, the more she found herself wanting to spend time with him. Yesterday, she would have told herself that was just the crisis talking. Her world was in shambles, her daughter missing, and Ben could help her find her daughter. But even now that she and Dez were reunited, Jade found herself wondering if she’d see more of Ben in the future. Hoping their paths would cross more often.
It was silly, reall
