Eddie scratched his cheek, keeping an evil eye on Calvin. Pointing, Eddie nodded. “This isn’t over.”
Calvin arched an eyebrow. “Actually, it is. She ismywife. Now leave us alone.”
Eddie grumbled and stumbled off.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Calvin turned back to Rayne. Tears clung to her long eyelashes. His heart twisted. She still had feelings for the other man. Calvin could read her body language, especially when she moved to the car, opened the door, and climbed inside.
Calvin’s heart crumbled. How could he repair the damage now?
TWELVE
Calvin rubbed his eyesfor the fifth time in one hour as he sat with the other associates in a firm meeting. Lack of sleep made him one tired man this morning, but whenever he thought about what happened last night, anger poured through him, making him want to tear Eddie apart limb by limb. The night had been perfect, just as Calvin had wanted. The kiss was also perfect, until Eddie ruined it. But the final blow was seeing the sadness in Rayne’s eyes as she watched Eddie leave. Then when they arrived home, she’d hurried straight to her bedroom, closed the door, and Calvin hadn’t seen or heard from her since.
Finally, the meeting was adjourned, and he hurried out of the large conference room and headed toward his office. He withdrew his cell phone from his pants pocket, checking if he had any calls or texts. Last night he’d texted Rayne once to see if she was all right. She hadn’t replied. So bright and early this morning before heading into work, he’d texted her again. Still no reply.
His heart sank.No!He would not give up on Rayne. Somehow, he must convince her how wrong Eddie was for her, and thathewas the right man for her.
He made a quick turn before he reached his office then headed toward the lobby’s front door. As he passed the secretary’s desk, he said, “I’m taking a quick break.” She was typing something on her computer, but she gave him a nod to acknowledge him.
He called Rayne as he entered the elevator, but he lost signal once the doors closed. Tapping his foot, he impatiently waited for the elevator to take him to the bottom level. He hurried out into the lobby and tried calling Rayne again.
It rang once. Twice.Please answer.Three times.
“Hello?”
When she answered, he sighed with relief. It still wrenched his heart to hear the sadness in her voice, though. “Hi. It’s me.”
“Hi.”
“I...” He stopped near a wall and rested his shoulder against it as he stared out the large glass windows. “I’m sorry I missed seeing you this morning. The associates had an early morning meeting.”
“Okay.”
He squeezed his eyes closed and rubbed his forehead. “Are you all right? I’ve been worried about you.”
“Calvin, this really isn’t a good time.”
