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... and mentally listing the reports I still needed to finalize, when my phone buzzed.

I glanced at the screen.

Unknown Number.

I hesitated, thumb hovering over the answer button. Then I swiped.

"Hello?"

"Isabella, darling!" a familiar, elegant voice purred through the line. "It’s Elise—Adrien’s mother."

I blinked. "Oh! Elise! Hi—I—" I sat up straighter in my seat. "I wasn’t expecting—"

"I know, I know," she said warmly, "and that’s entirely m ...

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