Kai turned.
He stared at her for a moment before answering.
"You called my old number," he said.
Elysia frowned.
For a few seconds, neither of them spoke.
When his phone had rung that night and her name had flashed across the screen, he'd genuinely thought he was imagining it.
At first, he'd wondered if she'd called him by mistake. If she'd been trying to reach someone else.
Or if, after all these years, she had actually intended to call him.
He'd kept the number. His old number.
Truthfully, he didn't even know why.
Maybe because changing it had never seemed necessary.
Or maybe because a small part of him had never wanted to let go of anything connected to her.
Whatever the reason, he had been genuinely surprised when he saw her name appear on the screen.
Even more surprised t
