Chapter 32

Teagan clenched his jaw as his grandfather’s voice thundered through the speaker.

“Tell me right now, Teagan. What nonsense am I hearing about you and some… some nurse? And where is your wife in all this?”

He closed his eyes briefly. Exactly what I feared.

“Grandpa,” he began, steady but strained, “first of all, nothing is going on between me and anyone. And second, this rumor didn’t start naturally — someone planted it.”

“Planted it?” his grandfather ...