Chapter Twenty-Seven

Cat stirred, blinking her eyes open. She was lying on her side with Eric curled around her back, his heavy arm resting around her middle and hand cupping her breast.

Early morning light streamed through the window across the room, bathing them in its glow. Cat thought about yesterday and their trip home. She had tried again to explain her concerns about Claudia, how she would say nasty things to people and have unrealistic demands, without mentioning the things she had said and done to Cat personally. If she talked about them now after everything. It would just sound like jealousy on her part, because Eric had dated Claudia. When Eric still didn’t take her worries seriously. In the end, Cat told him out of frustration, she even believed the woman was acting like a stalker.

At this point, Eric had laughed at her. He had an answer for everything, including Claudia, turning up at their apartment. Claudia explained her desire to ensure timely completion of the document because of its time-