ALEX.
He returned shortly after, and no sooner had we walked to the car and began our journey back to his suite did the phone ring again.
I turned and glanced at Derek. “Your phone,” I said softly. “It’s been ringing for a while.”
He didn’t even look down. His eyes stayed on the road, one hand on the steering wheel, the other tapping lightly like nothing was wrong.
“It’s business,” he said casually. “I’ll handle it later.”
I frowned. “At this hour?”
He smiled, that easy smile that used to calm me. “You know how work is. You don’t need to worry about it, baby.”
My breath caught. Baby? How was it so easy for him to lie to the woman he had just called baby?
I frowned slightly, but I didn’t argue. Something about the calls felt off, and I burned inside to know why Vanessa was calling.
