Chapter 326

LYN I was staring at the same medical report I'd been pretending to read for the past hour when Zade walked into my office. I didn't need to look up to know it was him—the mate bond hummed with his presence, warm and concerned and entirely too perceptive for my current state of mind. "You left two meetings to check on me?" I asked, finally raising my eyes from the meaningless text I'd been using as a shield against my own thoughts. "Three, actually," Zade corrected, closing the door behind him and leaning against it with that casual confidence that still made my heart skip even after months together. "But who's counting? You've been broadcasting worry through the bond for hours, Lyn. What's going on?" "Nothing," I said automatically, the lie tasting bitter on my tongue. "Just busy. Lots of patients, lots of paperwork, the usual hospital chaos." Zade's eyebrow rose in that way that said he wasn't buying it for a second. He moved closer, coming around my desk to perch on the edge of it,