CHAPTER 32

The offices were empty and silent as he made his way down the hall to his own. Mia wouldn’t be in for another hour and a half, and already he was antsy with anticipation. He flexed his hands, curling them as he sat behind his desk. He should have just gone by her apartment on his way in. He should have just sent a car for her after she got finished with her dinner with Jace. But he’d been determined to prove to himself that he didn’t need her. That he didn’t think about her when she wasn’t with him. He needed this space between them, because she was fast becoming an addiction he had no hope of surviving.

Yeah, that wasn’t working out so well for him so far.

He picked up his phone and dialed his mother’s number, waiting as it rang.

“Mom, it’s Gabe. Sorry I didn’t answer. You caught me on my way up to the office.”

“You won’t believe this,” she said, distress clear in her voice. She wasted no time getting to the heart of why she’d called.

He sighed and leaned back, already knowing what w