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“Okay.” She sighs. “But talk to Cora. And fix it, Tristan. She doesn’t deserve this.”
Ending the call, I turn back to the view outside.
I’m finally happy.
I don’t care.
I shouldn’t care either, not about the fact that she’ll be besieged with so many requests to dish on our life together, her life will be turned upside down.
I shouldn’t care.
Fuck.
I shouldn’t have kissed her. I knew before I did it, and while I was doing it, that it was the worst possible idea. I shouldn’t have interrupted her date. There are so manyshouldn’ts.
And yet. Do I regret that moment when my lips touched hers, after wanting her, needing her for so damn long?
No.
I don’t.
Maybe it will.
I’ve been haunted bymaybesfor five years. Not anymore. I reach for my phone and call Cora. There’s no response, so I try her office.
“Cora Bank’s assistant.” A chirpy voice. Not Cora.
“This is Tristan Kane.”
There’s a loaded silence. A long pause, then, “I’m sorry but Cora…Ms. Banks cannot come to the phone right now.”
The connection ends abruptly, and I swallow a curse.
Well, there goes that particular maybe. She doesn’t want to talk to me.
And I don’t blame her.
I succeeded in protecting her for a long time, but I failed when it came to protecting her from myself.
CHAPTER28
CORA
After a turbulent day, I leave work early. My head is a mess, and so are my emails, messages, and social media. Tana was on the office phone all day fielding calls that had nothing to do with the Museum. Only my cell is safe. The only calls I’ve received are from Marie, a few well-meaning friends…and Tristan.
I didn’t take Tristan’s call, not on my cell, and not when he called Tana’s desk. Not because I’m too angry about my name and face being out there for the whole world to tear apart, but because I’m still mortified about last night, about kissing him, responding to him, wanting him so much I almost forgot myself.
Now, I’ll never be allowed to forget.
Tristan Kane has paid a lot of money to keep your name off the internet and publicly available records for years. Is that because your divorce was a farce, and you were still secretly together?
Did Tristan Kane divorce you to reassure his shareholders that the company would not be exposed to divorce claims and a property split?
You’ve been called Tristan Kane’s dirty secret. How do you feel about that?
We would like to invite you to our show to talk about your life with Tristan Kane.
I’ve received so many ridiculous queries by email in just one day. It’s as if my identity, previously protected by an invisible carapace, has suddenly been exposed to the elements.
