Chapter 24

I checked my phone for the umpteenth time today. There was still no response.

I messaged him this morning with our usual good morning text messages while I was getting changed for work, but he still hasn't responded, even though he almost always replies within 10 minutes.

I haven't seen him all day at work either, but it was already almost noon.

Was he not coming in today?

But he would tell me beforehand if that was the case or at least let me know in reply to a message, right? Or was I expecting too much? After all, Rafael is a busy man. He's the head of Cordova Industries, the wealthiest and most powerful man in the country. I couldn't expect him to always think of me when he had other things to do.

Maybe I was just being overly paranoid, but I couldn't stop myself from feeling antsy about his absence. He did seem to be growing increasingly tired over the last week.

Even though he still always came to my house to have dinner with Liam and me, I could tell that he was exhausted