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"Is he in?" He asked without preamble as he stepped into the building and was shown to the offices by the receptionist.
"Yes. He is in conference with a client-"
"I will wait." He told the woman, determination stamped on his handsome face. He was dicking around. He had spent the last week and a half in pure, unadulterated hell, not able to sleep or eat or concentrate on work, and he was not going to stand for it any longer.
He was going to find him, and God help her when he did that. She was punishing him, and he was pissed.
"Mr. Hammond?"
"Yes?"
"Jason will see you now.' She inclined an elegant head towards the closed door, and rising, he ignored the invitation in her large dark brown eyes as he strode towards the door and pushed it open.
"You should have called."
"I was just in the neighborhood." Shoving his hands into his ash-gray dress pants pockets, he rocked back on his heels and took in the small, competent-looking office. "Nice."
"I am sure it's a shack compared to yours." Jason stood behind his desk.
"A shack would not be the word I would use." His eyes tracked over to the man who looked enough like the woman who had him twisted into knots to have him feeling the ache even more. "Where the hell is she?"
"You already asked me that, I believe, twice already, and I am giving you the same answer. I don't know."
"Why don't I believe you?"
"It does not matter what you believe. I happen to be telling you the truth." Jason picked up a file and then put it back down. He had a consult in a few minutes and needed a clear head. He certainly did not have time for this.
"She called me once and told me that she had made a mistake and that the thing between you was over." He saw the flicker of pain before it was expertly masked.
"She discussed us - our relationship with you?"
"She is my sister. And it appears you were seeing an old flame."
"Past history," He said dismissively.
"She does not think so. Look, my sister is strong-headed and determined. You swept her off her feet, and afterward, you showed interest in someone else. I have seen Bianca Bellacort's photos, and I must admit, she is out of this world beautiful. If you showed the slightest interest in her and my sister saw that, she would step back."
"I made a damn mistake."
"Did you sleep with her?"
"That's none of your damn business."
"Lynn is my sister, and I warned her about you, so yes, it is my business."
Callum glared at him and struggled with his anger. "I am in love with your sister." Lifting a hand, he passed it over his hair, and it struck Jason that what he saw was a man twisted up into knots, and it showed.
"You need to tell her that."
"I cannot exactly say it to her in an email; she has not responded to my last one. She is punishing me needlessly."
"I don't think she would see it as a punishment. She is taking a step back."
"Which need not be." Callum bit off an oath as he dragged his fingers through his hair. "I am not giving up. I can't. You don't know where she is?"
"No. I really don't. And I am guessing that your investigators could not find anything."
Callum's eyes flared at that, and he was not surprised that the man knew the length he had gone to find her. "No, they did not." Walking over to the window, he looked out at the streets below, the traffic crawling along and zipping whenever there was a break.
