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He cares about me.
I know it in the bottom of my soul.
I’m lost in my thoughts as the train rolls up to the station. I realize that I’ve spent the last thirty minutes obsessing over what happened to my sister to even think of what Trent will do when he finds out I’m gone without his security team.
I knock on Erin’s door as I dig through my bag, looking for my phone. Once in my hand, I hit the button to call him, and as the other line rings, I think about what I’m going to say if he doesn’t answer.
Should I just blurt it out?
Trent, I’m in love with you.
Too much?
But I realize that it’s the truth.
I love Trent Aldridge.
I have fallen in love with the man who tried to ruin me but instead, showed me so much more.
The voicemail picks up, and as I hear his familiar voice, a smile spreads across my face. I open my mouth to say everything I need to say. I’m too distracted with my own thoughts to hear the steps.
I’m too distracted to hear anything.
All I know is one minute I’m about to speak . . .
And the next, the world goes black.
Chapter
Forty-Seven
TRENT
When I arrive back home, the house is quiet.
I’m not sure where Payton is.
Maybe she’s still working? Earlier today, she said she was going to Heather’s.
She could still be there.
I pick up my cell and see I missed a call from her. I try her back, but the phone goes to voicemail, so I call Brandon.
“Where’s Payton?”
“She went to her friend’s.”
“Did anyone follow her?”
“No.”
I had said they didn’t have to anymore. Once I knew it wasn’t Paul, I decided to respect her wishes.
Now I wish I didn’t.
Walking toward my office, I check all the rooms I pass, but she’s not in any of them.
Maybe she’s at Cresthill?
