Nina
“Honestly,Mase might as well have not shown up at all. I think I’d prefer him to cock his leg and piss on me than do nothing.”
All the girls laugh, but Scarlet screws her face up at me. “That’s disgusting,” she says.
I smile over at her. “Sorry, Scar. But he was a complete ass. He just left. I presumed he was acting a jealous ass as usual, but he left me there with Joey. It made no sense.” I frown as I go over it in my head, not understanding his reaction.
“Didn’t he storm in here when you met with Joey the first time for coffee?” Megan asks.
“Yes!” I throw my hands up. “Exactly, what happened to that guy and why do I want him back?” I laugh. My phone starts ringing, and I pull it from my bag.
“It’s Erin,” I tell them, waving my phone at them. I’ve called her five times in the last hour, she was supposed to meet us for lunch but hasn’t shown.
“Erin, hey! Where are you?”
“Nina, did you not get my note?”
“Note? What note?” I frown.
“I left it on my desk, I had to go home to my mum.”
“No! Erin, you were here a day.”
What the hell?
“She’s sick again. I will be in touch, okay?”
“Erin—” I check my phone to find she has already gone.
“She went home?” Lucy asks.
“Yeah. Her mum is sick again.”
“That’s shit,” Megan says, sipping her coffee.
“Yeah, it is.” I frown.
* * *
Mase
“Where the fuck is Vinny!”
I’m about to call him when George comes barrelling through my office doors, his infuriating smile in place.
“Mason. Have you eaten today? You came back from Nina’s photography session rather quick. Either way, I ordered you in, just in case.” he tells me with a wink.
“I’m fine, fucking knock or use the damn intercom!” I yell, taking my frustration out on him and then feeling like a dick for it instantly.
“Of course,” he says, unaffected by my words. “I put an extra sugar in.” He nods, and I know he is trying to suss me out. He places the cup of tea on the edge of my desk.
“Get out. Please, George,” I say, deflated, running my hands through my hair and not having the energy to deal with him.
* * *
Vinny doesn’t arriveuntil gone four, and he enters my office too fucking calmly, taking his time to close the door behind him.
His grim expression as he faces me has my gut twisting.
