Chapitre 96: Chapter 96

HAZEL

"I hope I don’t see you again today," Ridge said, looking at me with his arms across his chest.

I didn’t even take offense at his words. "Agreed."

The day turned out to be one of the longest of my life. I’d only met Ridge a few times—all of them under poor conditions—but I learned quickly if you saw him more than once a day you were having a shittastic time.

He stared at me for another beat as if he had something more he wanted to say. But he eventually shook his head and watched as Corbin loaded me into the Escalade and set the box of pastries on my lap. One way or another Corbin wasn’t leaving his sweets behind.

Corbin paused at his side of the vehicle with his door open while he and Ridge finished the conversation.

"Drake will call you back and stay parked outside. I’ll get the place wired tomorrow," Ridge said, sounding as gruff as he did earlier.