Total pages in book: 89
Estimated words: 105065 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 525(@200wpm)___ 420(@250wpm)___ 350(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 105065 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 525(@200wpm)___ 420(@250wpm)___ 350(@300wpm)
“Holy shite,” he mutters.
And then he kisses me hard and deep.
“I love you,” I murmur against him.
He brushes his lips down my throat, and I can already feel him swelling inside of me as he thinks about what he’s accomplished.
“I’m completely mad for ye, sweetheart.”
We’re both smiling at each other when something breaks the silence between us. It’s my cell phone. And normally I wouldn’t even think twice about answering it. Except for the fact that everybody I already know is right here in this building.
Lachlan sees the expression on my face, and hands me my bag. I rifle through it and flip open the phone, bringing it to my ear.
“Hello?”
“Mack?”
My heart leaps into my throat and tears spring to my eyes when I hear the voice on the other end of the line. “Talia?”
“Yes,” she whispers. “It’s me.”
“Are you okay?” I ask. “Please tell me you’re okay.”
“I’m okay,” she answers. “I can’t talk very long though.”
“What do you mean?”
“I just…” Her voice cracks, and then it grows stronger and more determined with every word. “I just wanted you to know that I’m okay. And that you shouldn’t worry about me anymore.”
“What do you mean don’t worry about you?” I demand.
“I’m safe,” she repeats. “And I’m not coming home.”
“Talia…”
“I have to go, Mack,” she says. “I just wanted to say congratulations on your wedding. And that I love you, and I miss you so much. But I’m okay now, and I have you to thank for that.”
I don’t even get a chance to reply, because she hangs up, and the line goes dead. I look up at Lachlan, and we both say it at the same time.
“Alexei has found her.”
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