Chapter 45. Keep My Body From Reacting

Briana POV

I was so nervous.

Every time the office phone rings to announce a visitor, my heart skips a beat.

I tried to busy myself with reviewing proposals lined up on my desk, but I could not concentrate. With each tick-tock sound of the clock, my expectations mounted.

After an hour of trying to get work done, I stopped pretending and called Martina.

“Have any other visitors been waiting for me?” I asked.

She answered in the negative, and I put the headset back on its cradle with so much disappointment.

To keep myself busy, I called on the children. When I left the penthouse this morning, they were still sleeping.

School opening is in a week, so I let them sleep longer hours as long as they wanted. They are in preschool. Next year, they will start formal schooling.

“Mommy, you did not kiss me goodbye.” It was Mason, my sweetest boy.

I smiled. “Of course I did. It’s just that you were so sound asleep that you did not feel it.” I told him.

“Next time, wake me up.” He told me, still