Chapter 16 - Novak
OFFICIALLY, I WAS DRIVING to the downtown art district for business alone. I needed to see if Maddie had any idea where her brother might be. She was not only the closest living relative geographically, but as his little sister, there was a good chance she would be more sympathetic to his plight than his father would be.
Unofficially, I needed to see her. My body pulsed and ached from the distance that was between us, a physical distance that was eating me up in ways I’d never had to deal with before. I’d never been so attached to a woman before, which was sort of the point. So maybe my official business was only an excuse.
Besides, I need to make sure Shawn isn’t there.
The thought was a little odd for me. I wasn’t the type to be jealous, necessarily, though I could
