"Hadley?" He croaked, his voice sounding raspy from his nap. "Yes?" I asked, my rump coming to plop beside him. "Oh my god," he said on a rushed exhale. His arms were wide as he pulled me into an embrace, my body crushed against his chest. "You have no idea how much I've missed you." He pulled back to look into my face, the intensity of his gaze leveling me. "You have?" My voice matched his, inaudible to the rest of the world. "I couldn't leave because of Granny," He was explaining. "But I had the guys at the office track your phone. I sent Branson..." He noticed the blush of my cheek when he said his name, my eyes averting his at all costs. "I was surprised you did, considering..." "Considering you made out with him in front of 200 people in order to make me jealous?" He asserted, h

