"I apologize; there is an issue at work that I will be spending the entire night trying to resolve."

"That's right," she said as the lift doors opened. He pretended to be interested on his phone as he let her pass in front of him. He merely requested Madeline to send him busy work to keep him occupied; he didn't want Cassie to know that there wasn't an emergency at his workplace.

She waited for him to unlock the door before running straight to the bedroom. After settling into his ...