‘Nadia…’His voice sounded like he was panting.
‘You just disappeared. Is everything okay?’
‘Yes.’
‘You can come here if you want. You can watch or join us in baking some pastries. Then we can head home together.’
‘Yes.’
‘Okay, are you coming?’
‘No.’
My forehead creased in confusion. Riley seemed to be out of his head with his answers.
‘Are you okay?’
‘Yes. Just stay there and I will pick you up. Don’t go anywhere.’
‘Okay…So you’re coming over? Now?’
‘No. Later, I’ll let you know when I’m coming.’
‘Okay.’He didn’t say anything more.
I counted to twenty and tried one more time.‘Riley?’
‘Yes?’
‘I love you.’
‘Me too.’
That was it.
Something was off.
Riley never replied with “me too” every time I told him I loved him. It would always be ‘I love you too’ and more words after that, or he would ask if I was sure that I loved him.
Something was going on where he was.
I didn’t want to bother myself with it because it might just be about the Elites, but I couldn’t stop my mind from overthinking it.
“Katya…” I finally made up my mind.
“Yes, Luna.”
“Can you drive me back to the packhouse? I know we’re not done here yet but I just remembered something I needed to do before Riley comes home later.” I bit my lower lip, hoping she will believe me.
“Of course. Let’s just cover all of this so it won’t get too hard when I come back.” If she didn’t believe me I could never tell.
I helped her cover all the dough, and we both washed our hands before we headed for the door.
If Riley was hiding something, I wanted to find out what it was.
Chapter 37
RILEY.
