Once the chaos crew was gone, the lobby was surprisingly quiet, Emerald noticed. Law enforcement had been thorough in clearing the building.

But where was Raven? Emerald felt fairly certain that her sister was unharmed but seeing Raven now would have eased much of Emerald’s stress.

Brad finally set his jaw and approach the woman he was determined to win over.

*This craziness has to end. Now.* Brad told himself.

‘Emerald,’ Brad’s ...