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Settling into the drive, I remember my conversation with Harper.
I shake my head.
She was pissed at me. She shut and locked the door and climbed into bed with Ivy. I wanted to make her come out and hash it out with me, but the next minute I got the call from Mario that he had intel, so I left and went to Mikhail’s. I needed space anyway.
Is she still pissed at me?
I call her again.
And again.
And again.
By the time I get home, I’m on the border of panicking. I screech into the driveway and whip the car into Park. Take the steps two at a time. “Harper!”
No response. My footsteps echo in the hall as I head toward our bedroom, only to find my bed still made and Ivy’s, too.
Where’s my security team?
“Harper!”
I call her again, and she doesn’t answer.
When I heard about her, I was told Harper was a runner and the first day we met, she proved it to be true. When I found out why, I understood.
But now I wonder.
Has she run again? Have I been fooled?
My heart seizes at the thought of not seeing her again. Of being apart from her.
Did she go? Me and my stupid bullshit mouth, did I push her away?
I have to find her.
“Harper!”
She’s gone. My actions have driven away the only person I’ve ever opened up to. The only person I’ve ever loved. She’s gone, and she took Ivy with her.
I’ll find her.
I have to.
I burst into the hallway and finally see one of my men. “Where the fuck have you been?”
“Your brother called an emergency meeting, sir. We had to respond. He’s putting plans in place for security at the gala.”
Of course he fucking did.
“And you thought my brother’s demands on your time superseded your need to protect my wife and child?”
I’ll fuckingkill him.
His eyes widen. “Never, sir. Harper and Ivy are right outside.”
Heart pounding so hard my head’s buzzing, I stumble my way out of the house and into the backyard. I don’t see them. She fooled them. Told them she’d be outside and then when they were distracted by the emergency meeting, she left.
My knees give way and I sink to the bench outside the door. I bury my head in my hands. I’ve done it. I’ve driven them away.
