Chapter Fourteen

I hurried back to my room, hoping to find Aiden still stretched out naked on my bed. The meeting had been relatively quick, and now the idea of walking in and jumping on the bed with him had me practically sprinting.

I stepped into the room with a huge grin on my face, only to have it fall off. The bed was made and he was gone. I had only been away for a little while and the meeting had gotten out early. Maybe he did go find another barefoot lawyer. My shoulders slumped.

The room phone rang and I shuffled my feet to answer it. Probably just housekeeping asking if I wanted turn-down service. “Hello?”

“Lena?” Aiden's voice crackled across the line.

“Aiden?” I hoped the almost absurd amount of happiness in my voice didn't scare him off.

“You want to go fishing with me?” he asked.

“Fishing?” I repeated, making sure I had heard the correct word.

“Do I have to answer in the form of a question?” I could hear the smile in his voice. “Yes, fishing. I have a boat at the docks and the weather is