Lena's POV
He was already seated when I arrived.
Not early the way I had been on Monday — he was simply there at the same corner table, watching the door. He stood when I came in, which I hadn't expected, and sat again when I did.
"You're on time," I said.
"I said I would be."
The waiter came. We ordered. When he left Adrian set his phone face-down on the table.
"Mount Sinai called this morning," I said.
He looked up. "You applied?"
"I sent an inquiry yesterday. They called within four hours." I set my bag on the empty chair beside me. "The department head role has been open because the two candidates they offered it to both declined. The cardiac unit is well-funded and badly led, which is exactly the situation I'm most useful in."
"When do they want an answer?"
"End of the week.
