Riley’s POV
I was rushing to finish one of my tasks for the day, not wanting to carry it over after the break. My fingers flew across the keyboard, and with a final click on the send button, I leaned back with a small sigh of relief.
The quiet hum of my office was broken abruptly by my phone blaring to life on the desk. The sharp ringtone cut through the silence, startling me enough that my hand halted halfway to the mouse.
I reached for the phone, and when my eyes caught the name glowing on the screen, my breath caught in my chest. My stomach tightened as though the air had been punched out of me. Of all the people I thought might call, she was the last.
I hesitated. My thumb hovered over the screen, uncertain. The ringing felt louder with every second, filling the small space until i
