Leighton waited until Chloe went to bed.
She paced her room for twenty minutes, adrenaline coursing through her veins. Noah's words echoed in her head. *What I want is for you to tell him to back off because you're mine.*
She wasn't his. He'd made sure of that. Walking away. Pulling back. Rejecting her over and over.
But the look on his face tonight. The jealousy burning in his eyes. That wasn't the look of a man who didn't care.
At eleven, she heard Chloe's door close. Heard the sound of her TV through the wall.
Leighton grabbed her phone and marched down the hallway.
Noah's office light was on. She could see it under the door. Of course he was working. He was always working.
She knocked once. Didn't wait for an answer. Just pushed the door open.
He looked up from his laptop, surp
