Lexie paced the length of the living room with her phone in her hands, and her stomach in knots. What had been one of the best luncheon her life, was slowly turning into something else. Despite it being Monday, she had got off work pretty early as Varden had told her to go home. According to him, he was going out of town for a meeting, which she wasn’t aware of. And he had sounded a little bit off, like he didn’t want to talk too much, so Lexie hadn’t asked him any question regarding the meeting, or when he was coming back. Even if she had wanted to. But then, she had gotten a call from Bella, asking her why she hadn’t told her that she and her brother had made things official already. When Lexie had asked what she had been talking about, she had gotten a reply that not only shocked her

