Chapter Twenty-Eight
Lucy
Since Levi had left a few days ago, he’d called early on before they flew out of Fairbanks and when they were at their base camp. Like a lovesick i***t, I answered the phone. Every time. The first two calls, I’d managed to be normal. You know, I told him how my day went and that I fed Ham carrots. But then, there was the last call.
Just thinking about it, my face got hot. I’d replayed it a few hundred times and still couldn’t get over it. I’d said something colossally stupid.
It all started when he told me he missed me. For a second, I let myself soak in his words. Then, it was like a boomerang inside. I couldn’t let myself savor any of it. I missed him so much, my heart literally ached, and I was furious for it. I’d let down my guard, and now I’d set myself u
