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“I’m going to be doing some business there very soon,” I told her. “Maybe I’ll look at some places while I’m out there.”

“Perfect idea.”

I turned her face, giving me access to her eyes. “Why are you so for this?”

She ran her hand over my cheek. “I can’t pretend to know what your days are like and the stress that’s involved with your job. But I can hear it in your voice, and I can see it in your eyes. Everyone needs a moment to catch their breath, Jenner. Even you. You say you do that in the air and when you travel, that you separate yourself from work”—her fingers rubbed under my chin—“but part of me really doubts that. I get the feeling you maximize the plane’s Wi-Fi until the second you land. Even right now, there’s something on your mind.”

She saw right through every shield.

But work wasn’t the only thing on my mind.

At this moment, Jo was what I couldn’t get out of my head, taking up more space than I had ever allowed.

“And you think I’d be able to shut that all off if I had a sec