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“Need me to come with you?” He grins.
“No, I don’t need Aunt Sheila announcing that there may be a baby in the near future as well.” I smirk.
Jace throws his head back and laughs, and I use this as an opportunity to slip away. Hurrying inside to use the downstairs bathroom, I see that it’s occupied, and so I go upstairs to my own bathroom in my bedroom. I pat my face with some cool water and then take a good look at myself in the mirror.
“You’ve got this, Ella. You have Jace downstairs waiting for you, and you have your parents nearby.” I tell myself out loud. I don’t know why I’m so on edge today. I can’t wait to get back home to Connecticut and throw myself into work and taking care of Jace’s needs.
Drying my face off, I make quick work of fixing the light make up that I had on earlier. Once I make sure that I look okay, I turn the light off and walk back out to my bedroom. Had I not turned to close my bedroom door, I would have missed the object lying in the middle of my bed. I walk over to my bed, slowly, and stop at the edge of it, staring down at the object that shouldn’t be here at all. With shaking hands, I reach out and pick it up. It feels like it weighs a ton, but I know it doesn’t. I turn it around in my hands, as my heart rate increases for the umpteenth time today.
“There you are! What are you doing?” Jace’s voice is light and flirty. I feel his hands come around my waist, but I turn, so I’m now facing him, holding out the object in my hand, “What is wrong?” He asks confused.
Totally bewildered, my eyes meet his, “Jace, this is the phone that was stolen from my apartment.”
