Chapter 365

She huffed out a laugh. It was barely nine in the morning and already her day had gone to shit but Declan was able to bring a smile to her face. “It’s better now,” she said. The intercom on Declan’s desk buzzed and he huffed in annoyance. Taking the week off to spend with Chloe had been good in theory but he had now been back at work for a week and he was still playing catch up. In fact, he’d been so busy that he had hardly seen her, although they kept in contact via phone and email. Tonight they were going out to dinner and then the weekend stretched out before them, in which he planned to spend as much time with her as he could to make up for his neglect. “Yes,” he said impatiently into the intercom. “You have a visitor,” Shelley replied. “I thought I made it clear that I wasn’t to be interrupted?” he growled. “It’s your mother,” she replied. He made sure his finger wasn’t on the talk button and swore. “Fuck.” The last thing he needed right now was to speak to his mother. He was stil