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I laughed as I headed out the door.

At Silas’s age, I wasn’t about to scold about adding ice cream to the drink.

He had zero issues with his blood sugar.

He was getting what he needed nutritionally.

If he wanted it with ice cream, he deserved it for getting down a supplement he really didn’t want to take.

Hannah wasn’t in the office yet when I got there, but I knew it would only be a matter of minutes before she arrived.

My phone pinged with a text right as I was putting the coffee and cinnamon roll on my desk.

I smiled as I read it.

Devon:Please don’t tell me that you got coffee from The Mug And Jug this morning. I’d have to be jealous. I’m going through withdrawals this morning, and I need a damn cinnamon roll.

Me:I’m staring at the mocha lattes I got for me and Hannah right now. And the cinnamon roll we’re going to split. I know. I suck. But I don’t feel guilty. You’re in Los Angeles where you can get anything your stomach desires.

As we bantered back in forth by text, my heart ached just a little because I really did miss Devon. I’d become so used to him being part of my life that it just didn’t feel right when we weren’t doing things together in the evening. We’d never really stuck to the three times a week thing. We were together almost every weeknight and on Saturday.

Stop it, Reese. He’ll be back on Friday.

The spring fundraiser was coming up this Saturday, so he was going to make it a point to get back as early as possible on Friday to help out.

I’d live until I saw his handsome face again.

I tried not to think too far into the future.

After all, I probably wouldn’t stay in Crystal Fork forever, and there would come a day when I’d never see his gorgeous face again. Ever.

Because that thought hurt so badly, I quickly pushed it out of my head.

I had to live one day at a time right now, and I’d deal with that situation when it happened.

Devon

Iwas beyond ready to land at our private airstrip in Crystal Fork.

I didn’t think I’d ever anticipated coming home this much in my entire life.

Maybe because I knew that Reese was going to meet me at the airstrip to pick me up.

Fuck!I’d missed her beautiful face, and I’d only been away for five damn days.

I’d gotten used to seeing her gorgeous face and her smile every day, and now I was addicted to both of those things.

I’d been a cranky asshole all week. Even in meetings I’d been abrupt and impatient, which wasn’t my normal.

I’d never been so happy to wrap up a business deal as I had been last night, and I’d gotten the hell out of Los Angeles as early as possible this morning.

I hadn’t even argued when Reese had told me that Hannah had insisted that she take the day off so she could come pick me up and welcome me home.

If Reese didn’t have vacation time accumulated yet, I’d happily pay Hannah not to dock her check.

Hell, Iwantedto see her.

I wanted to catch up and see if I’d missed anything about her life while I’d been gone.