Thira woke up to the sound of her phone vibrating for an incoming call. She jerked up with red, half-sleepy eyes.

She thought it was Riven because he had not returned to the hotel the previous night after his behavior at the office in the morning, and she had not wanted to call him so she wouldn't come off as being the eager one.

Maybe he was calling to apologize, she thought.

But when she grabbed her phone from under the nearby pillow to check on the caller, the name on the screen was ...