Chapter 34

NADINE

By the time I returned to my office, a dull ache had settled behind my eyes.

Vaughn knowing meant Tessa would know soon.

And once Tessa knew, I’d have to sit through an exhausting conversation about why I hadn’t told her sooner.

Not because she’d think I owed her every detail of my life—but because she cared. She worried. She loved too much.

And if there was anything I knew about Tessa, it