Colton’s POV
The meeting had run longer than expected.
That was the first thing I registered as I finally stepped out of the glass-walled conference room, loosening my tie just slightly as the door shut behind me. The city stretched out beneath me through the floor-to-ceiling windows, New York glowing in its usual restless rhythm, but for once, I wasn’t paying attention to it.
My mind was elsewhere.
Sophia.
A small, almost guilty smile tugged at my lips as I reached into my pocket and pulled out my phone.
I hadn’t even realized how much time had passed until I checked.
Two hours.
A little over two hours since her last message.
“Call you when I’m done.”
I exhaled softly.
“She probably went home already…” I muttered under my breath.
Knowing her, she would have seen my message, re
