I straightened my gown for the third time, my fingers quivering slightly as I heard Caleb's footsteps echoing down the corridor.
The office had been unoccupied for more than an hour and I had been waiting since then for Caleb.. I could have just gone home since he didn't come out of his office early but somehow, I stayed back, pretending I had some work to finish up.
I guess it was just polite to wait. Maybe that is all this was. Or maybe...
I brushed the notion aside, biting my lip as I arranged a few papers on my desk, hoping it would calm my anxiety.
His words sliced through the silence making me flinch.
"Sam.... I'm sorry for keeping you waiting."
I froze, sensing the tension between us as a physical force stretching across the distance between us.
He spoke casually, as if
